Related Articles

PART I

Bassler, B. and Losick, R. Bacterially speaking. Cell 125: 237-246 (2006).

Ben-Yehuda, S., Rudner, D. and Losick, R. RacA, a Bacterial Protein that Anchors Chromosomes to the Cell Poles. Science 299:532-536 (2003).

Rudner, D. Z. and Losick, R. A sporulation membrane protein tethers the pro-sigmaK processing enzyme to its inhibitor and dictates its subcellular localization. Genes & Development 16: 1007-1018 (2002).

Ben-Yehuda, S. and Losick, R. Asymmetric Cell Division in B. subtilis Involves a Spiral-like Intermediate of the Cytokinetic Protein FtsZ. Cell 109:257-266 (2002).

Rudner, D. Z. and Losick, R. Morphological Coupling in Development: Lessons from Prokaryotes. Developmental Cell 1:733-742 (2001).

Arigoni, F., Pogliano, K., Webb, C.D., Stragier, P., and Losick, R. Localization of protein implicated in establishment of cell type to sites of asymmetric division. Science 270:637-640 (1995).

PART II

Vlamakis, H., Aguilar, C., Losick, R., Kolter, R. Control of cell fate by the formation of an architecturally complex bacterial community. Genes & Development 22:945-953. (2008).

Chu, F., Kearns, D.B., McLoon, A., Chai, Y., Kolter, R., and Losick R. A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiol. 68:1117-1127. (2008).

Aguilar C, Vlamakis H, Losick R, Kolter R. Thinking about Bacillus subtilis as a multicellular organism. Current Opinion in Microbiology 10:638-643(2007).

PART III

Losick, R. and Desplan, C. Stochasticity and Cell Fate. Science 320:65-68. (2008).

Dubnau, D. and Losick, R. Bistability in bacteria. Molecular Microbiol., 61:564-572 (2006).

Kearns, D.B. and Losick R. Cell population heterogeneity during growth of Bacillus subtilis. Genes & Development 19:3083-3094 (2005).

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