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Wu, Fabai (author), Japaridze, A. (author), Zheng, X.Z. (author), Wiktor, J.M. (author), Kerssemakers, J.W.J. (author), Dekker, C. (author)
Although the physical properties of chromosomes, including their morphology, mechanics, and dynamics are crucial for their biological function, many basic questions remain unresolved. Here we directly image the circular chromosome in live E. coli with a broadened cell shape. We find that it exhibits a torus topology with, on average, a lower...
journal article 2019
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Wu, Fabai (author), Swain, Pinaki (author), Kuijpers, L.C. (author), Zheng, X.Z. (author), Felter, K.M. (author), Guurink, M. (author), Solari, Jacopo (author), Jun, Suckjoon (author), Dekker, C. (author)
Although the spatiotemporal structure of the genome is crucial to its biological function, many basic questions remain unanswered on the morphology and segregation of chromosomes. Here, we experimentally show in Escherichia coli that spatial confinement plays a dominant role in determining both the chromosome size and position. In non...
journal article 2019
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Bisson-Filho, Alexandre W. (author), Hsu, Yen Pang (author), Squyres, Georgia R. (author), Kuru, Erkin (author), Wu, F. (author), Jukes, Calum (author), Sun, Yingjie (author), Dekker, C. (author), Holden, Seamus (author), VanNieuwenhze, Michael S. (author), Brun, Yves V. (author), Garner, Ethan C. (author)
The mechanism by which bacteria divide is not well understood. Cell division is mediated by filaments of FtsZ and FtsA (FtsAZ) that recruit septal peptidoglycan-synthesizing enzymes to the division site. To understand how these components coordinate to divide cells, we visualized their movements relative to the dynamics of cell wall synthesis...
journal article 2017
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Wu, F. (author), Halatek, Jacob (author), Reiter, Matthias (author), Kingma, Enzo (author), Frey, Erwin (author), Dekker, C. (author)
Cells owe their internal organization to self-organized protein patterns, which originate and adapt to growth and external stimuli via a process that is as complex as it is little understood. Here, we study the emergence, stability, and state transitions of multistable Min protein oscillation patterns in live Escherichia coli bacteria during...
journal article 2016
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Wu, F. (author), Dekker, C. (author)
Nanofabricated structures and microfluidic technologies are increasingly being used to study bacteria because of their precise spatial and temporal control. They have facilitated studying many long-standing questions regarding growth, chemotaxis and cell-fate switching, and opened up new areas such as probing the effect of boundary geometries...
review 2016
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Männik, J. (author), Wu, F. (author), Hol, F.J.H. (author), Bisicchia, P. (author), Sherratt, D.J. (author), Keymer, J.E. (author), Dekker, C. (author)
Cell division in typical rod-shaped bacteria such as Escherichia coli shows a remarkable plasticity in being able to adapt to a variety of irregular cell shapes. Here, we investigate the roles of the Min system and the nucleoid-occlusion factor SlmA in supporting this adaptation. We study “squeezed” E. coli in narrow nanofabricated channels...
journal article 2012
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Van den Hout, M. (author), Hall, A.R. (author), Wu, M.Y. (author), Zandbergen, H.W. (author), Dekker, C. (author), Dekker, N.H. (author)
Solid-state nanopores are considered a promising tool for the study of biological polymers such as DNA and RNA, due largely to their flexibility in size, potential in device integration and robustness. Here, we show that the precise shape of small nanopores (?5 nm diameter in 20 nm SiN membranes) can be controlled by using transmission electron...
journal article 2010
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Smeets, R.M.M. (author), Keyser, U.F. (author), Wu, M.Y. (author), Dekker, N.H. (author), Dekker, C. (author)
journal article 2006
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Tans, S.J. (author), Geerligs, L.J. (author), Dekker, C. (author), Wu, J. (author), Wegner, G. (author)
journal article 1997
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Dekker, C. (author), Tans, S.J. (author), Geerligs, L.J. (author), Bezryadin, A. (author), Wu, J. (author), Wegner, G. (author)
journal article 1997
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Tans, S.J. (author), Miedema, R. (author), Geerligs, L.J. (author), Dekker, C. (author), Wu, J. (author), Wegner, G. (author)
journal article 1997
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