Gitai Lab Publications

• Gitai Z (2006). Plasmid segregation: a new class of cytoskeletal proteins emerges. Curr Biol 16: R133-136.  [PDF]
• Gitai Z, Thanbichler M and Shapiro L (2005). The choreographed dynamics of bacterial chromosomes. Trends Microbiol 13: 221-228.  [PDF]
• Gitai Z, Dye NA, Reisenauer A, Wachi M and Shapiro L (2005). MreB actin-mediated segregation of a specific region of a bacterial chromosome. Cell 120: 329-341.  [PDF]
• Gitai Z (2005). The new bacterial cell biology: moving parts and subcellular architecture. Cell 120: 577-586.  [PDF]
• Dye NA, Pincus Z, Theriot JA, Shapiro L and Gitai Z (2005). Two independent spiral structures control cell shape in Caulobacter. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102: 18608-18613.  [PDF]
• Gitai Z, Dye N and Shapiro L (2004). An actin-like gene can determine cell polarity in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101: 8643-8648.  [PDF]
• Gitai Z and Shapiro L (2003). Bacterial cell division spirals into control. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100: 7423-7424.  [PDF]