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Why and How Bacteria Localize Proteins
Author(s) -
Lucy Shapiro,
Harley H. McAdams,
Richard Losick
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.1175685
Subject(s) - bacteria , bacterial protein , protein subcellular localization prediction , microbiology and biotechnology , subcellular localization , biology , computational biology , biochemistry , genetics , gene , cytoplasm
Despite their small size, bacteria have a remarkably intricate internal organization. Bacteria deploy proteins and protein complexes to particular locations and do so in a dynamic manner in lockstep with the organized deployment of their chromosome. The dynamic subcellular localization of protein complexes is an integral feature of regulatory processes of bacterial cells.

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