Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures.

This study reveals how probiotic bacteria directly influence brain cell function, highlighting gut-brain communication and potential therapeutic applications.

Multiple ParA/MinD ATPases coordinate the positioning of disparate cargos in a bacterial cell. Nature Communications, 2023; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39019-x ...

Moving forward, her team plans to model how the bacterial division ring contributes to building the wall that splits the cell into two. The study has been published in Nature Physics.

Once the cell envelope loses its shape, all of the bacteria eventually burst open and die, Goley says. "We established a model for how either depleting OPGs or activating the signaling pathway ...

Based in the College of Veterinary Medicine, the team found that the bacteria can manipulate a protein known as ATF6, which helps cells detect and respond to infection, to support its own growth ...

These movements, or “positioning reactions”, can influence one another, giving a clue to how bacteria coordinate complex movements in the cell prior to its division.