This Week in Microbiology
TWiM #98: Bacteria and eukaryotes get horizontal
Feb 19, 2015 · 58 min · 42.3 MB
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The TWiM crew ponders the question of how a bacterium finds its middle when dividing, then divulge the transfer of interbacterial antagonism genes to eukaryotes, where they may function in innate defense.
Links for this episode:
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Size independent symmetric division (Nat Commun)
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How does a bacterium find its middle? (Nat Struct Biol)
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Genes transferred from bacteria augment eukaryotic defenses (Cell)
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Antibacterial gene transfer (eLife)
- Letters read on TWiM #98 on TWiM 98
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symmetric division
ncbi.nlm.nih.govfind its middle
ncbi.nlm.nih.goveukaryotic defenses
ncbi.nlm.nih.govgene transfer
elifesciences.orgLetters read on TWiM #98
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