Signals and regulators that govern Streptomyces development
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Summary, in English
Streptomyces coelicolor is the genetically best characterized species of a populous genus belonging to the gram-positive Actinobacteria. Streptomycetes are filamentous soil organisms, well known for the production of a plethora of biologically active secondary metabolic compounds. The Streptomyces developmental life cycle is uniquely complex and involves coordinated multicellular development with both physiological and morphological differentiation of several cell types, culminating in the production of secondary metabolites and dispersal of mature spores. This review presents a current appreciation of the signaling mechanisms used to orchestrate the decision to undergo morphological differentiation, and the regulators and regulatory networks that direct the intriguing development of multigenomic hyphae first to form specialized aerial hyphae and then to convert them into chains of dormant spores. This current view of S. coelicolor development is destined for rapid evolution as data from -omics studies shed light on gene regulatory networks, new genetic screens identify hitherto unknown players, and the resolution of our insights into the underlying cell biological processes steadily improve.
Department/s
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Pages
206-231
Publication/Series
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Volume
36
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article review
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic
- Biological Sciences
Keywords
- differentiation
- development
- sporulation
- cell division
- chromosome
- segregation
Status
Published
Research group
- Microbiology Group
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1574-6976