Shapiro, L., Rosen, O. M., AGABIANK, N., Hirsch, A. BACTERIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND PHAGE INFECTION. The main task of a bacterial cell is to survive and duplicate itself. A., Eckart, M. R., Shapiro, L. Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging of the RNA Degradation Machinery in Caulobacter Crescentus. Spatial control of intracellular signaling relies on signaling proteins sensing their subcellular environment. Individual cells containing enhanced GFP were exposed to a bleaching laser pulse tightly focused at one cell pole. Here, we demonstrate that the Caulobacter crescentus SLP readily crystallizes into sheets in vitro via a calcium-triggered multistep assembly pathway. Phage phiCb5 was studied with respect to the physical and chemical properties of both the phage and its RNA. The CtrA master transcriptional regulator is a central control element in Caulobacter cell cycle progression and polar morphogenesis. Moreover, the transcription of hdaA is directly activated by DnaA, providing a robust feedback regulatory mechanism that adjusts the levels of HdaA to inactivate DnaA. Perhaps the periplasmic proteins are retained at the pole by the presence of the periseptal annulus (35). The initiation of replication depends on the proteolysis of CtrA. The parS sites, a pair of short contiguous sequence elements known to be involved in chromosome segregation, are positioned at one pole, where they anchor the chromosome to the cell and contribute to the formation of a compact chromatin conformation. Click here to join the member exclusive portion of my show: https://utm.io/ueSEj. View details for Web of Science ID 000075603800002. Here we report a method for optically encoding micrometre-sized nanostructured particles of porous silicon. Binding of cyclic GMP is not affected by the addition of cyclic AMP or 5'-GMP, but is inhibited about 50 percent by a 50-fold molar excess of dibutyryl cyclic GMP or cyclic hypoxanthine 3':5'-monophosphate. Lee, H. D., Lord, S. J., Iwanaga, S., Zhan, K., Xie, H., Williams, J. C., Wang, H., Bowman, G. R., Goley, E. D., Shapiro, L., Twieg, R. J., Rao, J., Moerner, W. E. An essential transcription factor, SciP, enhances robustness of Caulobacter cell cycle regulation. Stanford Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Laboratories provides pathology and laboratory testing services to patients from Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children's Health and outside institutions. In-frame deletions in the chromosomal copy of the fliL gene result in cells that form a flagellum but are non-motile. Degradation of the CtrA response regulator normally coincides with initiation of DNA replication, but in strains lacking SsrA activity there is a 40-min delay between the degradation of CtrA and replication initiation. We welcome Raquel Maynez, who joined the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Thus, MreB, like actin, exhibits treadmilling behavior in vivo, and the long MreB structures that have been visualized in multiple bacterial species seem to represent bundles of short filaments that lack a uniform global polarity. View details for Web of Science ID 000174229800021. A consensus sequence for a sigma 54 promoter was found at the appropriate distance 5' to one of two identified transcription start sites. We develop novel imaging assays to monitor fundamental cellular/molecular events in living subjects. A., Hillson, N. J., Shapiro, L. DipM links peptidoglycan remodelling to outer membrane organization in Caulobacter. We sought to identify FtsZ-binding proteins that influence FtsZ function in Caulobacter crescentus. rpoH transcription and sigma32 levels increased coordinately following heat shock, indicating that transcriptional regulation contributes to sigma32 expression in this organism. The ribonucleic acid (RNA) bacteriophage phiCb5, which specifically infects only one form of the dimorphic stalked bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, has been obtained in high yield. Congrats to Rob, Marjorie, Tom and colleagues on this major advance! The tad (tight adherence) locus encodes a protein translocation system that produces a novel variant of type IV pili. The asymmetric targeting of proteins to the Caulobacter predivisional cell poles yields dissimilar progeny. Jacobs, C., Ausmees, N., Cordwell, S. J., Shapiro, L., Laub, M. T. Temporal and spatial regulation in prokaryotic cell cycle progression and development, tmRNA is required for correct timing of DNA replication in Caulobacter crescentus, Generating and exploiting polarity in bacteria, The CtrA response regulator essential for Caulobacter crescentus cell-cycle progression requires a bipartite degradation signal for temporally controlled proteolysis, Identification of a localization factor for the polar positioning of bacterial structural and regulatory proteins. We have isolated DNA from this region of the chromosome by using a nonmotile mutant with a Tn5 insertion into flaE. Understanding the control logic in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus has progressed to the point where we now have an integrated systems view of the operation of its entire cell cycle functioning as a state machine. In recent years, the subcellular organization of prokaryotic cells has become a focal point of interest in microbiology. In addition, we identified two previously unidentified N(6)-methyladenine motifs and showed that they maintained a constant methylation state throughout the cell cycle. View details for Web of Science ID A1994PM98800011. Faithful cell cycle progression in the dimorphic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus requires spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression and cell pole differentiation. Kaplan, J. Transcription initiation has been shown to occur in vitro at several sites within a cloned Caulobacter crescentus ribosomal RNA gene cluster that lacks the major promoter region 5' to the 16 S rRNA gene. Analysis of in vivo and in vitro methylation in synchronized cultures showed that the methylation reaction is lost when the flagellated swarmer cell differentiates into a stalked cell. Biol. August 2, 2019. We demonstrate that sequences 3' to the transcription start site do not contribute to temporal control. Rather than being a passive process, it involves rapid movement of parts of the circular chromosome. View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-10650-x. The next region (region IV), of length approximately 1 to 2 microns, appears to contain the 27.5 x 10(3) Mr flagellin, but at its distal end includes, in gradually increasing amounts, the 25 x 10(3) Mr flagellin. The dynamic range of a bacterial species' natural environment is reflected in the complexity of its systems that control cell cycle progression and its range of adaptive responses. A subpopulation of the smc null mutant cells had mislocalized origins or termini, showing that the smc null mutation gives DNA segregation defects. Low levels of the L-ring protein were detected exclusively in the cell envelope of cells lacking the P-ring, suggesting that, in the absence of P-ring assembly, L-ring monomers are unable to form multimeric rings and are thus subject to proteolysis in the periplasm. In progeny swarmer cells, CcrM is completely degraded by Lon before its differentiation into a replication-competent stalked cell later in the cell cycle. View details for Web of Science ID A1991EV33600014. Caulobacter crescentus goes through a series of morphological changes during its life cycle, including the coincident expression of synthesis of flagella, pili, and receptor sites for DNA bacteriophage. The basal body consisted of five rings mounted on a rod. The gene is located 2 kb from the origin of replication. 4/2014. Epistasis experiments demonstrated that the fliIJ operon is located in class II of the C. crescentus flagellar regulatory hierarchy, suggesting that the gene products act at an early stage in flagellar assembly. ACS Nano 14, 12210-12221 (2020). The precise and robust regulation of gene expression is a cornerstone for complex biological life. Umbarger, M. A., Toro, E., Wright, M. A., Porreca, G. J., Bau, D., Hong, S., Fero, M. J., Zhu, L. J., Marti-Renom, M. A., McAdams, H. H., Shapiro, L., Dekker, J., Church, G. M. Live-cell single-molecule and super-resolution imaging in bacteria. cmao@illinois.edu As developmental biologists, we aspire to understand how pluripotent cells become diversified into lineages ranging from brain to blood to bone. Several products involved in flagellar biogenesis and the chemotaxis machinery are segregated to the swarmer cell. The activities of these enzymes were significantly higher in C. crescentus than the fully induced levels observed in Escherichia coli. Dingwall, A., Zhuang, W. Y., Quon, K., Shapiro, L. The control of timing and spatial organization during Caulobacter cell differentiation. High molecular weight oligomers of PopZ assemble in vitro into a filamentous network with trimer junctions, suggesting that the PopZ network and ParB-bound DNA interact in an adhesive complex, fixing the chromosome origin at the cell pole. The Caulobacter crescentus bacteriophage phiCbK was studied with respect to the physical and chemical properties of both the phage and its deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Both mreB and mreC are essential, and depletion of either protein results in a similar cell shape defect. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.0503022102, View details for Web of Science ID 000229531000043, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC1142393. Analysis of the cloned and sequenced dnaK gene has shown that the deduced amino acid sequence could encode a protein of 67.6 kilodaltons that is 68% identical to the DnaK protein of Escherichia coli and 49% identical to the Drosophila and human hsp70 protein family. We verified novel promoter motifs that regulate stress-response genes, including those responding to uranium challenge, a stress-response sigma factor and a stress-response noncoding RNA. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.0807448105, View details for Web of Science ID 000260360500041, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC2563096. Achieving proper polarity is essential for cellular function. The essential transcriptional circuitry for growth on rich media includes 10 transcription factors, 2 RNA polymerase sigma factors and 1 anti-sigma factor. DivJ mediates DivK targeting to the poles whereas PleC controls its release from one of the poles at times and places that are consistent with the activities and location of DivJ and PleC in the late predivisional cell. Complementation studies of the Tn5 mutants using derivatives of the cosmid clone showed that all the Tn5 insertions lie within a single operon that appears to encode many chemotaxis genes. These defects include a frequent failure to complete cell division and loss of precise cell-cycle control of initiation of DNA replication. Entry into the microdomain is selective for cytosolic proteins and requires a binding pathway to PopZ. Many predivisional cells have bright polar SMC foci, which are lost upon cell division. Furthermore, the four heat-shock proteins synthesized in the predivisional cell were partitioned in a specific manner upon cell division. Fluorescence microscopy is a sensitive tool for this purpose. Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD Professor of Chemical Engineering Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Physics for Medicine Lab and Sorbonne University M.S. View details for Web of Science ID 000178123100022. Shapiro Lab - People David J. Shapiro Professor of Biochemistry & Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine djshapir@illinois.edu B.S. View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0018179, View details for Web of Science ID 000289354100006, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC3073932. Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology The initiation of DNA replication is under differential control in Caulobacter crescentus. Single-molecule imaging in Caulobacter crescentus. Dynamic protein localization, phosphorelay signaling cascades, and spatially and temporally controlled proteolysis are overlayed on the transcription network that controls cell cycle progression and cell differentiation. Using a modified global 5' RACE protocol, we globally mapped transcription start sites (TSSs) at base-pair resolution, measured their transcription levels at multiple times in the cell cycle, and identified their transcription factor binding sites. The cell cycle control circuitry is tied closely to chromosome replication and morphogenesis by multiple feedback pathways from the modular functions that implement the cell cycle. Identification and Demonstration of roGFP2 as an Environmental Sensor for Cryogenic Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy. An asynchronous sequential digital circuit model equivalent to the validated simulation model was created. Recent work has shown that many proteins, and even regions of the chromosome, are localized to specific subcellular regions that can change over time, sometimes extraordinarily fast. View details for Web of Science ID A1976BU75500037. View details for Web of Science ID A1997YB26700002. Each of these transcripts proved to be a de novo transcript since (a) each could be pulse labeled during the initial 20 s of the reaction and (b) each transcript contained a triphosphate at its 5' terminus. 07/13/2020. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.07.007, View details for Web of Science ID 000249980400008, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC2716793. Collaboration: He is the author of Legality (2011), The Internationalists (2017) (with Oona Hathaway) and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of wysocka.stanford.edu. - Medical Scholar. As bacteria continue to develop resistance toward current antibiotics, we find ourselves in a continual battle to identify new antibacterial agents and targets. By combining photoinduced activation of single EYFP fusions and time-lapse imaging, we obtained sub-40 nm resolution images of the filamentous superstructure of the bacterial actin protein MreB in live Caulobacter crescentus cells. . Our results identify cell cycle changes in gene expression in response to carbon starvation that involve the prominent role of the FixK FNR/CAP family transcription factor and the CtrA cell cycle regulator. This finite window of opportunity is imposed by coordinating spatially constrained proteolysis of CtrA, an inhibitor of DNA replication initiation, with forward progression of the cell cycle. PleA was found to be required for the insertion of the outer membrane pilus secretion channel at the cell pole and for the accumulation of the PilA pilin subunit. A crucial function for eukaryotic cytoskeletal filaments is to organize the intracellular space: facilitate communication across the cell and enable the active transport of cellular components. Mutations in the divJ and pleC histidine kinases perturb the characteristic asymmetry of CtrA localization and proteolysis in the predivisional cell. Graduate Student (joined @ 06/2017) Bioengineering. We show that the broad-spectrum antifungal 5-fluoro-1,3-dihydro-1-hydroxy-2,1-benzoxaborole (AN2690), in development for the treatment of onychomycosis, inhibits yeast cytoplasmic leucyl-tRNA synthetase by formation of a stable tRNA(Leu)-AN2690 adduct in the editing site of the enzyme. (1-3) In the alpha-proteobacterium, Caulobacter crescentus, the CtrA global transcriptional regulator exhibits a spatially and temporally dynamic expression pattern across the cell cycle. Collaboration: Estrogen Receptor, University of Illinois Collections of genes associated with central cell cycle functional modules (e.g., biosynthesis of stalk, flagellum, or chemotaxis machinery) have consistent but different TE temporal patterns, independent of their operon organization. The mechanism of activation of Class II flagellar genes, the highest identified genes in the Caulobacter flagellar hierarchy, is unknown. Research in the Department of Developmental Biology at Stanford is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms that generate and maintain diverse cell types during development. CtrA activity in the cell cycle is controlled both transcriptionally and by phosphorylation. Stalked cells that developed directly from swarmer cells showed that same phospholipid profile as the swarmer cells. The properties of the DNA from bacteriophage phiCbK are similar to those of host C. crescentus DNA with respect to buoyant density, thermal transition point, and guanine plus cytosine content. We have identified a single amino acid substitution in the Caulobacter structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein that disrupts chromosome segregation and cell division. article | press. P(xylX) activity was induced immediately after the addition of xylose and repressed almost completely when xylose was removed from the growth medium. Comerci, C. J., Herrmann, J., Yoon, J., Jabbarpour, F., Zhou, X., Nomellini, J. F., Smit, J., Shapiro, L., Wakatsuki, S., Moerner, W. E. Robust Modulation of a Bacterial Kinase by Protein Phase Separation. Molecular genetics of simple developmental systems. Caulobacter crescentus wild-type strain CB13 is unable to utilize galactose as the sole carbon source unless derivatives of cyclic AMP are present. We hypothesize that selective silencing of groups of genes in the chromosomes at the swarmer and stalked poles of the predivisional cell results in the different developmental programs and the difference in replicative ability of the two progeny cells. The biosynthesis of the single polar flagellum and the proteins that comprise the chemotaxis methylation machinery are both temporally and spacially regulated during the Caulobacter crescentus cell-division cycle. The penicillin-binding protein PBP2, which is commonly branded as an essential cell elongation-specific transpeptidase, switches its localization from a dispersed, patchy pattern to an accumulation at the FtsZ ring location in response to osmotic upshifts as low as 40 mosmol/kg. The significance of this study is the identification of structural elements involved in the oligomerization and DNA binding of a newly discovered NAP in C. crescentus and the demonstration that structural elements are conserved in evolutionarily distant and functionally distinct NAPs. The essential dnaN gene encodes a homolog of the Escherichia coli beta subunit of DNA polymerase III. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2024705118, View details for Web of Science ID 000637394200069. View details for Web of Science ID A1993MG71100001. During cell division, multiple processes are highly coordinated to faithfully generate genetically equivalent daughter cells. 725 Albany St 1st Floor Boston . This oligotrophic bacterium divides asymmetrically to produce a motile swarmer cell that represses DNA replication and a sessile stalked cell that replicates its DNA. Dr. Shapiro's laboratory question in developmental biology involves the mechanisms used to generate the three-dimensional organization of a cell from a one-dimensional genetic code. View details for Web of Science ID A1990EB36200001. The distribution of MCPs was examined in flagellated and non-flagellated vesicles isolated from predivisional cells. Bacteria have evolved several different mechanisms to target protein complexes, membrane vesicles and DNA to specific positions within the cell. It has been shown that DNA replication serves as a checkpoint for flagellar biosynthesis and cell division and that this checkpoint is mediated by the availability of active CtrA. The chemoreceptors that were newly synthesized were located at the nascent swarmer pole of the predivisional cell, an indication that asymmetry was established prior to cell division. Although not essential for viability, DeltadipM cells exhibited gross morphological defects, including cell widening and filamentation, indicating a role in cell shape maintenance and division that we show requires its LytM domain. (1988) Gene 68, 323-333], the origin was localized to a 305-kilobase fragment containing the rrnA gene. The localization pattern of RcdA is coincident with and dependent upon ClpX localization. MreB is organized in an axial spiral that is dynamically rearranged during the cell cycle, and MreB dynamics may be critical for the determination of cell polarity. Surface layers (S-layers) are paracrystalline, proteinaceous structures found in most archaea and many bacteria. View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1001767107, View details for Web of Science ID 000276642100081, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC2872457. Shapiro, L., Quon, K., Marczynski, G., Stephens, C. CAULOBACTER FLIQ AND FLIR MEMBRANE-PROTEINS, REQUIRED FOR FLAGELLAR BIOGENESIS AND CELL-DIVISION, BELONG TO A FAMILY OF VIRULENCE FACTOR EXPORT PROTEINS, Regulation of asymmetry and polarity during the Caulobacter cell cycle, CAULOBACTER FLAGELLAR FUNCTION, BUT NOT ASSEMBLY, REQUIRES FLIL, A NON-POLARLY LOCALIZED MEMBRANE-PROTEIN PRESENT IN ALL CELL-TYPES, CELL-CYCLE ARREST OF A CAULOBACTER-CRESCENTUS SECA MUTANT, BACTERIAL SPORULATION - AN ATP/ADP SWITCH, A CAULOBACTER DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE THAT FUNCTIONS ONLY IN THE PREDIVISIONAL CELL, EXPRESSION OF CAULOBACTER-DNAA AS A FUNCTION OF THE CELL-CYCLE, THE EXPRESSION OF ASYMMETRY DURING CAULOBACTER CELL-DIFFERENTIATION, CHECKPOINTS THAT COUPLE GENE-EXPRESSION TO MORPHOGENESIS. The conserved nucleotides in the promoter region are clustered in the -10, -20 to -30, and -35 regions. Research in the Department of Developmental Biology at Stanford is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms that generate and maintain diverse cell types during development. Trisha went on to join Lucy Shapiro's lab for her thesis research. Mutants in flbN, flaB, flaC and flbO were unable to assemble any basal body structure and are likely to be involved in the early steps of basal body formation. In addition, minor phospholipids were detected in the swarmer cells that were not detected in stalked cells. MAY 2011: Ed Green is named Searle Scholar for 2011 Ed was selected by the Kinship Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust as one of 15 Searle Scholars for 2011. Frank Yang, lab member 2017-2019 PhD Candidate in Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2019-present BA Mathematics & Economics, Carleton College, 2017. Inverted-repeat nucleotide sequences in Escherichia coli and Caulobacter crescentus. The flaD mutant, however, was found to contain a partially assembled basal body consisting of the rod and three hook-distal rings. The mutations in these strains mapped to an operon of two genes, fliI and fliJ, both of which are necessary for motility. Ranked in the top 10 for Neurology and Neurosurgical Care by US News and World Report, SHC is at the cutting edge of the latest treatments for neurological diseases. Transcriptional start sites are identified by analyzing probe signal cross-correlation matrices created from probe pairs tiled every 5 bp upstream of the genes. Schrader, J. M., Li, G., Childers, W. S., Perez, A. M., Weissman, J. S., Shapiro, L., McAdams, H. H. Cell cycle progression in Caulobacter requires a nucleoid-associated protein with high AT sequence recognition. They also allow an investigation of the regulatory signals that modulate the asymmetric distribution of proteins and their subsequent cell type-specific expression in the initial stages of a developmental program. Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is the author of Island People: The Caribbean and the World (Knopf, 2016) and the co-editor, with Rebecca Solnit, of Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (California, 2016). We have identified a conserved sequence motif that is present in the promoter of dnaX and several other genes involved in the replication of DNA, all of which show an induction of transcription at the onset of chromosome replication. The complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus was determined to be 4,016,942 base pairs in a single circular chromosome encoding 3,767 genes. This conclusion is based on the observations that (i) methionine auxotrophs starved of methionine can swim only in the forward direction (comparable to smooth swimming in the enteric bacteria), (ii) a specific set of membrane proteins was found to be methylated in vivo and the incorporated [3H]methyl groups were alkali sensitive, (iii) this same set of membrane proteins incorporated methyl groups from S-adenosylmethionine in vitro, and (iv) out of a total of eight generally nonchemotactic mutants, two were found to swim only in a forward direction and one of these lacked methyltransferase activity. Using purified protein in different oxidizing/reducing environments, we generate a calibration curve which can be used to analyze in situ measurements. Driks, A., Bryan, R., Shapiro, L., DeRosier, D. J. IMAGE-RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FLAGELLAR BASAL BODY OF CAULOBACTER-CRESCENTUS. Goley, E. D., Dye, N. A., Werner, J. N., Gitai, Z., Shapiro, L. CrfA, a small noncoding RNA regulator of adaptation to carbon starvation in Caulobacter crescentus. Following the shift to the restrictive temperature protein synthesis continued, but at a reduced rate. Stanford Bio-X is Stanford University's pioneering interdisciplinary biosciences institute, bringing researchers together to cross the boundaries between disciplines, bring interdisciplinary solutions, and create new knowledge of biological systems, in benefit of human health. Using functional genomic analysis, Trisha compared the molecular wounding responses between regenerative and non-regenerative flatworms. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Sarafan ChEM-H; Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Stanford PULSE Institute; shapiro@stanford.edu. By. Biondi Lab at IRI CNRS Blair Lab at Williams College Bowman Lab at U Wyoming Brun Lab at Montreal Chen Lab at SFSU Chien Lab at UMass-Amherst Childers Lab at U Pitt Christen Lab at ETH, Zurich Collier Close Lab at Lausanne Crosson Lab at Chicago Ely Lab at South Carolina Gitai Lab at Princeton Gober Lab at UCLA Goley Lab at Johns Hopkins View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1612579113, View details for Web of Science ID 000384528900022, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC5056096. Our results elucidate a bacterial chromosome segregation mechanism that features basic operating principles similar to eukaryotic mitotic machines, including a multivalent protein complex at the centromere that stimulates the dynamic disassembly of polymers to move chromosomes into daughter compartments. The genes in this cluster form an operon whose expression is controlled temporally. The homologous sequence contains a tandemly repeated tetranucleotide sequence which resembles the repeated sequence at the hot spot for spontaneous mutations in the lacI gene (P. J. Farabaugh, U. Schmeissner, M. Hofer, and J. Miller, J. Mol. We constructed a reporter that utilizes the urcA promoter to produce a UV-excitable green fluorescent protein in the presence of the uranyl cation, a soluble form of uranium. View details for Web of Science ID A1997WE44000004, View details for PubMedCentralID PMC178736. 194:91-103, 1987). The mutant strain, AE6000 , was altered in both of these regulatory functions. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Thanbichler, M., Wang, S. C., Shapiro, L. Conserved modular design of an oxygen sensory/signaling network with species-specific output. 1200 E. California Blvd, MC210-41 There are many instances of differential polar functions; among these is the preferential use of old poles when attaching to host cells as in the interaction of Bradyrhizobium with plant root hairs (3) or the polar pili-mediated attachment of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogen to tracheal epithelia (4). RcdA is required for CtrA polar localization and degradation by ClpXP. Single-molecule imaging demonstrated physical anticorrelation between sequestered CcrM and chromosomal DNA, thus preventing DNA remethylation. We have found that it belongs to an unusual promoter family used by several Caulobacter class II flagellar genes. Shapiro Lab University of Illinois, Department of Biochemistry. Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) Stanford Environmental and Energy Policy Analysis Center (SEEPAC) Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Stanford King Center on Global Development; Programs. 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