The protein with the starting gun
Whether dormant bacteria begin to reproduce is no accident. Rather, they are simply waiting for a clear signal from a single protein in the cell interior. The Sauer lab have now deciphered the molecular mechanisms behind this.
by
Ohad Golan
https://www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/11/the-protein-with-the-starting-gun.html
Reference
Sekar K, Rusconi R, Sauls JT, Fuhrer T, Noor E, Nguyen J, Fernandez VI, Buffing MF, Berney M, Jun S, Stocker R, Sauer U. Synthesis and degradation of FtsZ quantitatively predict the first cell division in starved bacteria. Mol Syst Biol. 2018 Nov 5;14(11):e8623. doi: 10.15252/msb.20188623