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SpoIIB localizes to active sites of septal biogenesis and spatially regulates septal thinning during engulfment in bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2000
Perez A R, Abanes-De Mello A, Pogliano K
Abstract excerpt
A key step in the Bacillus subtilis spore formation pathway is the engulfment of the forespore by the mother cell, a phagocytosis-like process normally accompanied by the loss of peptidoglycan within the sporulation septum. We have reinvestigated the role of SpoIIB in engulfment by using the fluorescent membrane stain FM 4-64 and deconvolution microscopy. We have found that spoIIB mutant sporangia display a...
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