mSphere (Aug 2020)

mSphere of Influence: Communication Is Complicated—Just Ask a Bacterial Cell

  • Paola E. Mera

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00580-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 4

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ABSTRACT Paola Mera works in the field of bacterial developmental biology. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how the paper “MipZ, a spatial regulator coordinating chromosome segregation with cell division in Caulobacter” by Martin Thanbichler and Lucy Shapiro (Cell 126:147–162, 2006, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2006.05.038) made an impact on her journey discovering the complexities involved in communicative processes that drive molecular mechanisms inside the bacterial cell.

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