Proteins that move DNA around in a bacterium are surprisingly similar to those in our own cells
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 06:51
in Biology & Nature
In both higher organisms and bacteria, DNA must be segregated when cells divide, ensuring that the requisite share of duplicated DNA goes into each new cell. While previous studies indicated that bacteria and higher organisms use quite different systems to perform this task, A*STAR researchers have now found a bacterium that uses filaments with key similarities to those in multicellular organisms, including humans.