Cell division machinery drives cell-specific gene activation during bacterial differentiation
S. Chareyre, X. Li, B. R. Anjuwon-Foster, S. Clifford, A. Brogan, Y. Su, H. Shroff, K. S. Ramamurthi
The paper shows that the cell division machinery in Bacillus subtilis drives asymmetric localization of DivIVA and SpoIIE, leading to cell-specific activation of σF during sporulation.
bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2023Microbiology