RecA is usually recruited to repair chromosomes when replication forks stall in bacteria, but the authors ... The obvious candidate was the replication termination (Rtp) protein, but replication ...

Cells must integrate their growth, DNA replication and cell division cycles to ensure faithful inheritance of their genetic material. It was previously thought that, in bacteria, the growth ...

Bacterial cells do not wake up one morning ... That is, protein accumulation or DNA replication could be happening at the same time as the signal to split, while having no causal relationship ...

DNA transfer between bacteria plays a crucial role in their survival. Yet, a key aspect of this process has remained underexplored: how is the exchange of genetic material so prevalent despite ...