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Recent work on the regulation of prokaryotic growth and development by two-component systems (TCS) has revealed unsuspected levels of complexity. In the dimorphic freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, TCS provide stringent temporal and spatial control of cellular development and cell-cycle progression. While the environmental signals modulating TCS regulatory networks are largely unknown, the components of the network and their interactions with each other are increasingly well-defined. Here, we present an overview of TCS regulation of cell-cycle control in C. crescentus.
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Purcell, E.B., Boutte, C.C., Crosson, S. (2008). Two-Component Signaling Systems and Cell Cycle Control in Caulobacter crescentus . In: Utsumi, R. (eds) Bacterial Signal Transduction: Networks and Drug Targets. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 631. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78885-2_8
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