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Functional dichotomy and distinct nanoscale assemblies of a cell cycle-controlled bipolar zinc-finger regulator.
eLife - 23 Dec 2016
Mignolet Johann, Holden Seamus, Bergé Matthieu, Panis Gaël, Eroglu Ezgi, Théraulaz Laurence, Manley Suliana, Viollier Patrick H
Abstract excerpt
Protein polarization underlies differentiation in metazoans and in bacteria. How symmetric polarization can instate functional asymmetry remains elusive. Here, we show by super-resolution photo-activated localization microscopy and edgetic mutations that the bitopic zinc-finger protein ZitP implements specialized developmental functions - pilus biogenesis and multifactorial swarming motility - while shaping...
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