A gated relaxation oscillator controls morphogenetic movements in bacteria
M. Guzzo, S. M. Murray, E. Martineau, S. Lhospice, G. Baronian, L. My, Y. Zhang, L. Espinosa, R. Vincentelli, B. P. Bratton, J. W. Shaevitz, V. Molle, M. Howard, T. Mignot
The paper identifies a gated relaxation oscillator mechanism in Myxococcus xanthus that controls polarity reversals through FrzX and RomR, enabling tunable motility responses.
bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2017Microbiology