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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 627-638Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3077
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- Swedish Research Council [621-2010-5551]
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Growth and proliferation of all cell types require intricate regulation and coordination of chromosome replication, genome segregation, cell division and the systems that determine cell shape. Recent findings have provided insight into the cell cycle of archaea, including the multiple-origin mode of DNA replication, the initial characterization of a genome segregation machinery and the discovery of a novel cell division system. The first archaeal cytoskeletal protein, crenactin, was also recently described and shown to function in cell shape determination. Here, we outline the current understanding of the archaeal cell cycle and cytoskeleton, with an emphasis on species in the genus Sulfolobus, and consider the major outstanding questions in the field.
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