Abstract
Bacterial species take on a wide variety of shapes, but the mechanisms by which specific shapes evolve have remained poorly understood. A recent study demonstrates that two Asticcacaulis species repurposed an ancestral regulatory protein to rewire the modules of stalk regulation, localization, and synthesis, thereby generating new shapes.
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Title
Bacterial evolution: rewiring modules to get in shape
Author(s)
Persat, Alexandre ; Gitai, Zemer
Published in
Current biology : CB
Volume
24
Issue
11
Pages
R522-4
Date
2014
ISSN
1879-0445
Keywords
Note
Comment on: Sequential evolution of bacterial morphology by co-option of a developmental regulator. [Nature. 2014]
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UPPERSAT
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