Protein phosphorylation provides molecular control of complex physiological events within
cells. In many cases, phosphorylation on specific amino acids directly controls the assembly …

The initiation of replication is the central event in the bacterial cell cycle. Cells control the
rate of DNA synthesis by modulating the frequency with which new chains are initiated, like …

This report presents full-genome evidence that bacterial cells use discrete transcription
patterns to control cell cycle progression. Global transcription analysis of synchronized …

The complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus was determined to be
4,016,942 base pairs in a single circular chromosome encoding 3,767 genes. This …

The global transcriptional regulator CtrA controls multiple events in the Caulobacter cell
cycle, including the initiation of DNA replication, DNA methylation, cell division, and flagellar …

Faithful chromosome segregation is an essential component of cell division in all organisms.
The eukaryotic mitotic machinery uses the cytoskeleton to move specific chromosomal …

Caulobacter crescentus divides asymmetrically generating two distinct cell types at each cell
division: a stalked cell competent for DNA replication, and a swarmer cell that is unable to …

Caulobacter crescentus is an aquatic Gram-negative alphaproteobacterium that undergoes
multiple changes in cell shape, organelle production, subcellular distribution of proteins, and …

In the bacterium C. crescentus, the cellular homologs of plasmid partitioning proteins, ParA
and ParB, localize to both poles of the predivisional cell following the completion of DNA …

First isolated and classified in the 1960s, Caulobacter crescentus has been instrumental in
the study of bacterial cell biology and differentiation. C. crescentus is a Gram-negative …