Bacterial border fence

Cell. 2012 Dec 7;151(6):1159-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.11.035.

Abstract

Bacteria lack many of the features that eukaryotic cells use to compartmentalize cytoplasm and membranes. In this issue, Schlimpert et al. describe a new mechanism of spatial confinment in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus that prevents the exchange of soluble and membrane proteins between the stalk and cell body.

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