The bacterial cytoplasmic membrane is composed of roughly equal proportions of lipids and
proteins. The main lipid components are phospholipids, which vary in acyl chain length …

Cardiolipin (CL) plays a key role in dynamic organization of bacterial and mitochondrial
membranes. CL forms membrane domains in bacterial cells, and these domains appear to …

The bacterial Min protein system was encapsulated in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs).
Using confocal fluorescence microscopy, we identified several distinct modes of …

The Min biochemical network regulates bacterial cell division and is a prototypical example
of self-organizing molecular systems. Cell-free assays relying on purified proteins have …

Much of what we know about cytokinesis in bacteria has come from studies with Escherichia
coli, and efforts to comprehensively understand this fundamental process in this organism …

Molecular self-organziation, also regarded as pattern formation, is crucial for the correct
distribution of cellular content. The processes leading to spatiotemporal patterns often …

Rod-shaped bacteria such as E. coli have mechanisms to position their cell division plane at
the precise center of the cell, to ensure that the daughter cells are equal in size. The two …

Although the study of individual phospholipids and their synthesis began in the 1920s first in
plants and then mammals, it was not until the early 1960s that Eugene Kennedy using …

Min proteins of the Escherichia coli cell division system oscillate between the cell poles in
vivo. In vitro on a solid-surface supported lipid bilayer, these proteins exhibit a number of …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent a promising class of compounds to fight resistant
infections. They are commonly thought to kill bacteria by perturbing the permeability of their …