RocS drives chromosome segregation and nucleoid occlusion in Streptococcus pneumoniae
C. Mercy, J.-P. Lavergne, J. Slager, A. Ducret, P. S. Garcia, M.-F. Noirot-Gros, N. Dubarry, J. Nourikyan, J.-W. Veening, C. Grangeasse
This study identifies RocS as essential for chromosome segregation and nucleoid occlusion in Streptococcus pneumoniae, linking it to capsule biogenesis and cell division.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2018Microbiology