We characterize its activation as a function of temperature and find that activation is efficient at cryogenic and room temperatures. View details for Web of Science ID A1994PM98800011. The sequences of the N and C termini of the Salmonella typhimurium flagellar axial proteins, rod, hook and HAP-1, known to be highly conserved, share a high degree of sequence identity with the FlgF and FlgG rod proteins of the distantly related, C. crescentus. Bacteria have evolved several different mechanisms to target protein complexes, membrane vesicles and DNA to specific positions within the cell. The CtrA master transcriptional regulator is a central control element in Caulobacter cell cycle progression and polar morphogenesis. A. Caulobacter crescentus possesses a single SMC homolog that plays a role in organizing and segregating daughter chromosomes. We have identified a single amino acid substitution in the Caulobacter structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein that disrupts chromosome segregation and cell division. Plasmids containing small deletions in the flaY region failed to restore to any flaY or flaE mutants the ability to swim or to assemble a flagellar filament. View details for Web of Science ID A1992HT80400011. We propose that a common regulatory system coordinates the expression of functionally diverse genes during the Caulobacter cell cycle. In its role as a global response regulator, CtrA controls the transcription of a diverse group of genes at different times in the Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle. It was found that the Tsr protein appeared at the same point in the cell cycle as an endogenous C. crescentus methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein. The second PAS domain interacts with the asymmetrically partitioned second messenger cyclic-di-GMP, inhibiting kinase activity while stimulating phosphatase activity, consistent with the selective inactivation of CtrA in the incipient stalked cell compartment. Phosphorylation signals, DNA methylation, differential chromosome structures, protein targeting, and selective protein degradation are also involved in establishing and maintaining cellular asymmetry. Caulobacter crescentus goes through a series of morphological changes during its life cycle, including the coincident expression of synthesis of flagella, pili, and receptor sites for DNA bacteriophage. Thanks to all the lab members, collaborators and friends who joined us for the annual Shapiro Lab beach party in Oceanside, CA! In order to identify gene products required for early events in flagellar assembly, we used the known phenotypes of class II mutants to identify new class II flagellar genes. Milu T. Cherian, PhD, Senior Analyst at Oncology, SmartAnalyst, Inc. Irene Aninye, PhD, Senior Program Associate at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Rui Huang, Graduate Student in Biochemistry at Duke University, Jeffrey Trost, Medical Student at University of Virginia School of Medicine, Khin-Khin Soe Wu, Medical Student at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine, Amanda Etheridge, Medical Student at University of Illinois College of Medicine. Importantly, a small set of conserved ChpT residues promotes signaling crosstalk and contributes to the branched signaling that activates the master regulator CtrA while inactivating the CtrA degradation signal, CpdR. In mammals, genes from the same organism are similar only in the second parameter, because GC content varies widely among isochores. Our current understanding of this system has been limited by the fact that purified protein products are available for only about one-fifth of these genes. View details for Web of Science ID A1993LX92900005, View details for Web of Science ID A1993LF06100004, View details for Web of Science ID A1993LF06100002, View details for Web of Science ID A1993KX96501075, View details for Web of Science ID A1993KX96501060. Join us. Trisha went on to join Lucy Shapiro's lab for her thesis research. Bayas, C. A., Wang, J., Lee, M. K., Schrader, J. M., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W. E. A Polar Matrix Microdomain Constrains Diffusion and Regulates Intracellular Signaling. We investigate the midplane protein FtsZ in Caulobacter crescentus with super-resolution imaging based on fluorescent-protein photoswitching and the natural polymerization/depolymerization dynamics of FtsZ associated with the Z-ring. However, many of the mechanistic details underlying these functions are unknown. Support Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and child and maternal health, Hand (New York, N.Y.) -Bourdillon, A. T., Shapiro, L., Kerkhof, F. D., Segovia, N. A., Weiss, A. P., Ladd, A. L.2022: 15589447221093670, The Journal of hand surgery -Garcia-Lopez, E., Moore, D. C., Kenney, D. E., Ladd, A. L., Weiss, A. C., Crisco, J. J.2022, Hand (New York, N.Y.) -Flanagan, C. D., Tamer, P. n., Cooperman, D. R., Crisco, J. J., Ladd, A. L., Liu, R. W.2020: 1558944720946490, Hand (New York, N.Y.) -Gil, J. Drug Discovery, Small Molecule Synthesis, University of Illinois This study reports the identification and functional characterization of a vanillate-regulated promoter (P(van)) which meets all requirements for application as a multi-purpose expression system in Caulobacter, thus complementing the established xylose-inducible system (P(xyl)). Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. Subscribe: Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Lab (HLA), COVID-19 Specimen Collection & Handling, Case Consult Service and Reference Lab Testing, PATHOLOGY CONSULTATIONS & REFERENCE LAB TESTING, Stanford Health Care. In addition to stationary localization factors, dynamic cytoskeletal structures also have a fundamental role in many of these processes. Our approach achieves single-molecule localizations with an average lateral precision of 9 nm, and a relative registration error between the set of localizations and CET reconstruction of 30 nm. In addition, increasing the cellular content of sigma32 by introducing a plasmid-encoded copy of rpoH induced DnaK expression in C. crescentus cultures grown at 30 degrees C. The C. crescentus rpoH gene was transcribed from either of two heat shock consensus promoters. The bacterial flagellum is a complex structure composed of a transmembrane basal body, a hook, and a filament. Goley, E. D., Toro, E., McAdams, H. H., Shapiro, L. Superresolution Imaging in Live Caulobacter Crescentus Cells Using Photoswitchable Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein, Super-resolution imaging in live Caulobacter crescentus cells using photoswitchable EYFP. Using a modified global 5' RACE protocol, we globally mapped transcription start sites (TSSs) at base-pair resolution, measured their transcription levels at multiple times in the cell cycle, and identified their transcription factor binding sites. This conclusion is based on two observations: the low level of synthesis of flagellins and chemotaxis proteins in flaY and flaE mutant strains occurred at the correct time in the cell cycle, and complementation with plasmids containing intact flaY and flaE genes resulted in the synthesis of normal levels of flagellins and chemotaxis gene products with the maintenance of temporal cell cycle control. We quantify these dynamics and determine the FtsZ depolymerization time to be <100 ms. We image the Z-ring in live and fixed C. crescentus cells at different stages of the cell cycle and find that the FtsZ superstructure is dynamic with the cell cycle, forming an open shape during the stalked stage and a dense focus during the pre-divisional stage. Neither of these mutants resembled the E. coli unsaturated fatty acid auxotrophs, which have defined enzymatic lesions in fatty acid biosynthesis. An analysis of the time of activation of every cell-cycle regulatory transcription start site, coupled to both the position of a GANTC site in their promoter regions and the time in the cell cycle when the GANTC site transitions from full to hemimethylation, allowed the identification of 59 genes as candidates for epigenetic regulation. View details for Web of Science ID A1978FP55600049, View details for Web of Science ID A1978FP11300023, View details for Web of Science ID A1977DL60800021. Dr. Shapiro's laboratory question in developmental biology involves the mechanisms used to generate the three-dimensional organization of a cell from a one-dimensional genetic code. By combining these data with previous global analysis of cell cycle transcription patterns and gene expression profiles of mutant ctrA strains, we have determined that CtrA directly regulates at least 95 genes. B., Melfi, M. D., Luong, K., Clark, T. A., Boitano, M., Wang, S., Zhou, B., Gonzalez, D., Collier, J., Turner, S. W., Korlach, J., Shapiro, L., McAdams, H. H. Oligomerization and higher-order assembly contribute to sub-cellular localization of a bacterial scaffold. Each of these transcripts proved to be a de novo transcript since (a) each could be pulse labeled during the initial 20 s of the reaction and (b) each transcript contained a triphosphate at its 5' terminus. As a step toward understanding this process, we have defined cis-acting sequences necessary for expression of a Class II flagellar operon, fliLM. View details for Web of Science ID A1994PA42600022. Temporal control of DNA methylation state has an important role in Caulobacter development, and we show that this organism utilizes an unusual mechanism for control of remethylation of newly replicated DNA. Acad. Biphasic kinetic behavior during methyl incorporation is observed when unmethylated or DNAHM substrates are used, indicating that a step after chemistry limits enzyme turnover and is most likely the release of enzyme from methylated DNA product. The promoter of this operon was located by chromosomal integration of subclones of this region and by identifying DNA fragments that were capable of expressing lacZ transcriptional fusions. beta-Galactosidase (beta-D-galactoside galactohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.23) activity in toluenized mutant cells at pH 8.0 was one-tenth that at pH 7.0. New research on bacterial cells has demonstrated that they have a dynamic and complex subcellular organization. Nature Methods18, 945-952 (2021). In eukaryotes, these functions depend on the orchestrated dynamics of actin filament assembly and disassembly. Furthermore, equity in education and access is an important facet of our group's mission. Constructing a macromolecular structure of this scale generally requires localized enzymatic machinery, but a regulatory framework for S-layer assembly has not been identified. USA 83:9517-9521, 1986) and in a simple bacterium, the transcription of a hsp70 gene is temporally controlled as a function of the cell cycle under normal growth conditions. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tim.2005.03.006, View details for Web of Science ID 000229467100008. We report here the isolation of the rpoH gene encoding a homolog of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase sigma32 subunit, the sigma factor responsible for the transcription of heat shock promoters. A C. crescentus mutant deficient in glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity (gpsA) blocks phospholipid synthesis, ceases DNA replication, and loses viability in the absence of a glycerol phosphate supplement. We discuss the genetic network and integrated three-dimensional sensor/response systems that regulate the cell cycle and asymmetric cell division in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. We show here that the Caulobacter crescentus FtsK protein localizes to the division plane, where it mediates multiple functions involved in chromosome segregation and cytokinesis. Although interactions between the chromosome and the cytoplasmic membrane are believed to be a functional component of the temporal regulation of DNA replication, the ability of this secA mutant to initiate replication at the nonpermissive temperature suggests that SecA-dependent events are not involved in this process. RNA polymerase-binding studies with restriction fragments of the rRNA gene cluster revealed three regions which bound enzyme, and these regions were shown to contain transcription initiation sites. One determinant is present in the last 15 amino acid residues of CtrA, particularly the terminal Ala-Ala residues, and another is located within the first 56 residues of the CtrA receiver domain. 235:472-485, 1994). Mutations in the C-terminal domain also blocked discrete steps in the assembly of higher-order structures. By deciphering the underlying design principles, we hope to generate pure populations of these cell-types from embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells for regenerative medicine. Chromosome replication in Caulobacter crescentus is tightly regulated to ensure that initiation occurs at the right time and only once during the cell cycle. Bacterial scaffold directs pole-specific centromere segregation. We apply these tools to problems in synthetic biology, neuroscience, cancer, immunology and the mammalian microbiome. We propose that polar recruitment of CtrA evolved to ensure that CtrA is degraded only in the stalked half of the predivisional cell, perhaps by localizing a proteolytic adaptor protein to the stalked pole. The integration of these spatially and temporally regulated signalling events within a single signalling receptor enables robust orchestration of cell-type-specific gene regulation. Both promoters were also expressed constitutively throughout the cell cycle under physiological conditions. Several genes involved in chromosome segregation have been identified, and the analysis of their functions and intracellular localization are beginning to shed light on the mechanisms that ensure efficient chromosome segregation. View details for Web of Science ID 000073041000027, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC107146. Our work demonstrates the conserved extreme polar localization of circular chromosome origins in these alpha proteobacteria and is also the first to specify the cellular location of origin regions from the repABC family. Lee, S. F., Thompson, M. A., Schwartz, M. A., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W. E. Bowman, G. R., Lyuksyutova, A. I., Shapiro, L. Exploring protein superstructures and dynamics in live bacterial cells using single-molecule and superresolution imaging. Mutants in the structural genes and in genes involved in flagellar assembly had no effect on flaO expression, placing the flaO gene near the top of the hierarchy. CtrA-mediated repression at the origin thus restricts replication to the stalked cell type. This mutant exhibits a pleiotropic phenotype which includes (i) the auxotrophic requirement, (ii) cell death in cultures attempting to grow on glucose in the absence of fatty acids or biotin, and (iii) a major change in the outer membrane protein composition before cell death. View details for DOI 10.1128/mBio.00448-20. Developmental Biology Newsletter - Summer Quarter 2009 . These developmental decisions require global changes in genomic readout, and bacteria typically employ intricate (yet poorly understood) signaling networks that enable changes in cell function. Stanford Transfusion Medicine Service offers a full range of testing and blood products to patient care across Stanford Healthcare and Stanford Childrens Health. Low levels of the L-ring protein were detected exclusively in the cell envelope of cells lacking the P-ring, suggesting that, in the absence of P-ring assembly, L-ring monomers are unable to form multimeric rings and are thus subject to proteolysis in the periplasm. The production of these different transcripts by the E. coli enzyme was dependent on salt concentration and, in at least one case, appeared to be the result of differential termination. Dye, N. A., Pincus, Z., Fisher, I. C., Shapiro, L., Theriot, J. The significance of this observation remains unclear. The synthesis of the peptidoglycan cell wall is carefully regulated in time and space. Goley, E. D., Dye, N. A., Werner, J. N., Gitai, Z., Shapiro, L. CrfA, a small noncoding RNA regulator of adaptation to carbon starvation in Caulobacter crescentus. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.0604554103, View details for Web of Science ID 000239327200022, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC1544152. Thus, swarmer cells utilize at least two independent signaling pathways to relay carbon starvation signals: a SpoT-dependent pathway mediating the inhibition of DNA replication initiation, and a SpoT-independent pathway(s) that blocks morphological differentiation. The differential turn-on of these genes contributes to the generation of asymmetry in the predivisional cell in that the products of these genes are targeted to specific cellular locations. The basal body consisted of five rings mounted on a rod. The timing of DnaA accumulation was found to be regulated by the methylation state of the dnaA promoter, which in turn depends on the chromosomal position of dnaA near the origin of replication and restriction of CcrM synthesis to the end of the cell cycle. View details for Web of Science ID 000167833700095, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC31192. The subcellular localization of the chemotaxis proteins may reflect a general mechanism by which the bacterial cell sequesters different regions of the cell for specialized functions. The protein product of the adjacent flaY gene was found to be required to regulate the expression of several flagellin proteins and the assembly of a functional flagellum. Frank Yang, lab member 2017-2019 PhD Candidate in Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2019-present BA Mathematics & Economics, Carleton College, 2017. After replication of the polarly located origin region, one copy moves rapidly to the opposite end of the cell in an MreB-dependent manner. Inserting four bases in front of the AUG at the 5' end of dnaX mRNA abolishes translation in the correct frame. GENERATION OF POLARITY DURING CAULOBACTER CELL-DIFFERENTIATION, PHOSPHORYLATION OF THE BETA'-SUBUNIT OF RNA-POLYMERASE AND OTHER HOST PROTEINS UPON PHI-CD1 INFECTION OF CAULOBACTER-CRESCENTUS, ORGANIZATION AND NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF AN RIBOSOMAL-RNA AND TRANSFER-RNA GENE-CLUSTER FROM CAULOBACTER-CRESCENTUS. Automating research data collection. Stanford Bio-X is Stanford University's pioneering interdisciplinary biosciences institute, bringing researchers together to cross the boundaries between disciplines, bring interdisciplinary solutions, and create new knowledge of biological systems, in benefit of human health. Shapiro Lab University of Illinois, Department of Biochemistry. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2005.12.033. Transcription of Escherichia coli and Caulobacter crescentus phage DNAs by their respective host RNA polymerase was examined to determine their ability to recognize specific transcription signals on the heterologous template. The flbN gene was cloned and sequenced, and the time of transcription activation was determined. Northern blot analysis revealed a single 4.0-kilobase mRNA homologous to the cloned fragment. Yes, by engineering gene circuits in tumor-homing bacteria to take commands from thermal focused ultrasound. These compounds were identified by screening for inhibitors against Caulobacter crescentus CcrM, an essential DNA methyltransferase from gram negative alpha-proteobacteria. In this paper we report the isolation, characterization and genetic analysis of several C. crescentus mutants altered in membrane lipid synthesis. Thus, in both human cells (I. K. L. Milarski and R. I. Morimoto, Proc. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.202495099, View details for Web of Science ID 000178391700119, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC130603. The characteristics that differentiate one daughter cell from the other result from differential transcription and subcellular positioning of regulatory and structural proteins. In addition to the motility phenotype, mutations in this locus also cause abnormal cell division. Cell cycle progression in Caulobacter is governed by a multilayered regulatory network linking chromosome replication with polar morphogenesis and cell division. Particularly, hybrid tags that combine a fluorescent or fluorogenic dye with a genetically encoded protein (such as enzymatic labels) have been used successfully in multiple cell types. View details for DOI 10.1007/978-1-61779-282-3_8, View details for Web of Science ID 000305505504226, View details for Web of Science ID 000305505503547. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.0604503103, View details for Web of Science ID 000239327200021, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC1544151. The promoters for the flgF operon and the flgH gene use sigma 54 to initiate transcription. The master CtrA response regulator functions in Caulobacter to repress replication initiation in different phases of the cell cycle. The methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins, the methyl-transferase and the methylesterase were all shown to be active in the flagella-bearing swarmer cell, but all three activities were lost after the swarmer cells shed their flagellum and differentiated into a stalked cell. We discovered that DivL's catalytic domains have been repurposed as a phosphospecific RR input sensor, thereby reversing the flow of information observed in conventional histidine kinase (HK)-RR systems and coupling a complex network of signaling proteins for cell-fate regulation. The chemoreceptors that were newly synthesized were located at the nascent swarmer pole of the predivisional cell, an indication that asymmetry was established prior to cell division. Bellofatto, V., Shapiro, L., Hodgson, D. A. Winzeler, E. A., Kang, P. J., Shapiro, L. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANS-ACTING MUTATIONS WHICH CAUSE OVEREXPRESSION OF A CELL-CYCLE REGULATED OPERON, POLAR LOCATION OF THE CHEMORECEPTOR COMPLEX IN THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI CELL, REQUIREMENT OF THE CARBOXYL TERMINUS OF A BACTERIAL CHEMORECEPTOR FOR ITS TARGETED PROTEOLYSIS. Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, A.B. lwang213@ilinois.edu shapiro@stanford.edu DEGREES 1962 - A.B. Similarly, hooks with attached rods were shed from nonflagellate mutants, and these structures also lacked the basal rings. M.S. At room temperature, the ratio of roGFP2 emission brightness when excited at 425 nm or 488 nm is known to report on the local redox potential. Identification and Demonstration of roGFP2 as an Environmental Sensor for Cryogenic Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy. The addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP to the blocked cultures brought about the resumption of cell differentiation, growth, and the appearance of beta-galactosidase activity within 1 hr. The main task of a bacterial cell is to survive and duplicate itself. Micrometre-sized particles are then produced by ultrasonic fracture, mechanical grinding or by lithographic means. PleA was found to be required for the insertion of the outer membrane pilus secretion channel at the cell pole and for the accumulation of the PilA pilin subunit. While not directly discernable, PopZ fills a region at the cell poles that is devoid of electron-dense ribosomes. We determined the plasmid copy number in both progeny cell types, and determined that plasmids partitioned equally to the stalked and swarmer cells. Bacterial DNA methylation: a cell cycle regulator? The kinetic complexity of Caulobacter deoxyribonucleic acid, however, is no greater than that of other bacteria. 126:847-863, 1978). How organismic complexity is generated during embryonic and post-embryonic development. The coincident block in both the initiation of DNA replication and membrane assembly, exhibited by starved cultures of this mutant, suggests that the fatB503 gene product may be involved in the coordination of these events. ClpXP and ClpAP proteolytic activity on divisome substrates is differentially regulated following the Caulobacter asymmetric cell division. For the repABC replicons in this organism, occupying discrete spatial locations may contribute to their coexistence and stable inheritance. B., Shen, X., Shapiro, L., McAdams, H. H. Initiating bacterial mitosis Understanding the mechanism of ParA-mediated chromosome segregation, The Caulobacter Tol-Pal Complex Is Essential for Outer Membrane Integrity and the Positioning of a Polar Localization Factor. The Lon protease thus exhibits pleiotropic effects in C. crescentus growth and development. The derived amino acid sequence indicates that fibN encodes a 25-kilodalton protein with a cleavable leader peptide. CtrA plays key roles in asymmetric cell division and in the timing of chromosome replication. We designated one of these genes urcA (for uranium response in caulobacter). Lew, M. D., Lee, S. F., Ptacin, J. L., Lee, M. K., Twieg, R. J., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W. E. The Three-Dimensional Architecture of a Bacterial Genome and Its Alteration by Genetic Perturbation. Gilbert Building 371 Jane Stanford Way Stanford, CA 94305 Phone: 650-723-2413 biologyinfo [at] stanford.edu Campus Map View details for Web of Science ID A1987G456800009. Clearance of active CtrA at the G1/S transition allows the initiation of DNA replication and cell-cycle progression. American volume -LaRoque, E. S., Murray, W. M., Langley, S., Hariri, S., Levine, B. P., Ladd, A. L.2008;90 (9): 1979-1987, JOURNAL OF HAND THERAPY -Ladd, A. L.2007;20 (2): 202-209, 7th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries -Durack, J. C., Kung, S., Chase, R. A., Ladd, A. L., Krebs, M., Dev, P.ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. Here, we combine single-molecule tracking and super-resolution microscopy, light-induced subcellular localization, reaction-diffusion modelling and a spatially resolved promoter activation assay to study signal exchange in and out of the 200nm cytoplasmic pole-organizing protein popZ (PopZ) microdomain at the cell pole of the asymmetrically dividing bacterium Caulobacter crescentus4-8. B.S. Program Brings Area High School Students, Teachers into Caltech Labs. Recent work has shown that many proteins, and even regions of the chromosome, are localized to specific subcellular regions that can change over time, sometimes extraordinarily fast. Phosphorylated CtrA (CtrA approximately P) bound to the CtrA recognition sequence in both promoters but had a 10- to 20-fold greater affinity for PfliQ. The Shapiro lab uses small molecule screening approaches to identify new regulatory pathways important in cancer and other diseases and to identify small molecules with therapeutic potential. One hundred micromolar exogenously added xylose was required for maximal induction of P(xylX) in a strain that is unable to metabolize xylose. The course will serve as a literature-based introductory guide for synthesis of ideas in developmental biology and cancer, with an emphasis on evolutionary analysis and Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-126). Stalked cells, which are actively engaged in DNA replication, have three or four SMC foci per cell. Martin J. Smith. The polarly localized DivK response regulator promotes CtrA localization and proteolysis, but it does not directly recruit CtrA to the cell pole. shapiro lab stanford. Importantly, dL5 fusions to an intermediate filament protein CreS are significantly less perturbative compared to traditional fluorescent protein fusions. Advances in microscopic and cell biological techniques have considerably improved our understanding of bacterial chromosome organization and dynamics. A simple antibody-based bioassay using fluorescently tagged proteins demonstrates the encoding strategy in biologically relevant media. Regulatory genes controlling the early stages of this process have not been identified. The distinct control of available CcrM in progeny swarmer and stalked cells serves to protect the hemimethylated state of DNA during chromosome replication, enabling robustness of cell cycle progression. Thus, PopZ undergoes multiple orders of self-assembly, and the formation of an interconnected superstructure is a key feature of polar organization in Caulobacter. In particular, super-resolution microscopy methods overcome the diffraction limit to observe nanoscale cellular structures with unprecedented detail, and single-molecule tracking provides precise dynamic information about the motions of labeled proteins and oligonucleotides. We report here that flagellar rotation requires the FliL protein. View details for Web of Science ID A1997WQ86300029, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC178970, View details for Web of Science ID A1997WM41300002. Rock, F. L., Mao, W., Yaremchuk, A., Tukalo, M., Crepin, T., Zhou, H., Zhang, Y., Hernandez, V., Akama, T., Baker, S. J., Plattner, J. J., Shapiro, L., Martinis, S. A., Benkovic, S. J., Cusack, S., Alley, M. R. High-throughput identification of transcription start sites, conserved promoter motifs and predicted regulons. Our primary focus is on elucidating the events required for the orderly segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis, the crucial process by which diploid germ cells generate haploid gametes. A hallmark of the Caulobacter cell cycle is that the progeny cells that result from each cell division differ from one another with respect to structure and developmental program. We perform cryogenic super-resolution experiments in situ, labeling PopZ, a protein known to assemble into a microdomain at the poles of the model bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. The gliding motility of this bacterium is propelled by a nozzle-like structure that squirts a polysaccharide-containing slime from the pole of the cell (5). The C-terminal crystallization domain forms the physiological 2-dimensional (2D) crystal lattice, but full-length protein crystallizes multiple orders of magnitude faster due to the N-terminal nucleation domain. Charles F. 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