Tung Le
@tunglejic.bsky.social
Dad of two, Professor, Lister Research Fellow and Wellcome Investigator at the John Innes Centre. Interested in bacterial chromosome organization & segregation, plasmids, and phages.
www.tunglelab.org
www.tunglelab.org
The first CTP switch? ParB, a bacterial DNA segregation protein.
ParB uses CTP to clamp around DNA, recruit ParA (an ATPase), and ensure chromosomes are properly inherited by daughter cells. CTP hydrolysis then recycles ParB. This represents a new regulatory principle!
ParB uses CTP to clamp around DNA, recruit ParA (an ATPase), and ensure chromosomes are properly inherited by daughter cells. CTP hydrolysis then recycles ParB. This represents a new regulatory principle!
October 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The first CTP switch? ParB, a bacterial DNA segregation protein.
ParB uses CTP to clamp around DNA, recruit ParA (an ATPase), and ensure chromosomes are properly inherited by daughter cells. CTP hydrolysis then recycles ParB. This represents a new regulatory principle!
ParB uses CTP to clamp around DNA, recruit ParA (an ATPase), and ensure chromosomes are properly inherited by daughter cells. CTP hydrolysis then recycles ParB. This represents a new regulatory principle!
@unibirmingham.bsky.social A nice surprise! Two Vietnamese, Two Perry prize winners from their Birmingham undergrad days, just 18 years apart, met acccidently at the Lister meeting!!!
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@unibirmingham.bsky.social A nice surprise! Two Vietnamese, Two Perry prize winners from their Birmingham undergrad days, just 18 years apart, met acccidently at the Lister meeting!!!
white birch sticks which we repeatedly reautoclaved, though not for the environmental reason why we do so!
April 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
white birch sticks which we repeatedly reautoclaved, though not for the environmental reason why we do so!
Bought a while ago, only start reading now, seems timely!!!
“French resistance by night, experiments (on lac operon) by day!!!”
“French resistance by night, experiments (on lac operon) by day!!!”
March 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Bought a while ago, only start reading now, seems timely!!!
“French resistance by night, experiments (on lac operon) by day!!!”
“French resistance by night, experiments (on lac operon) by day!!!”
