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Asymmetric cell division in B. subtilis involves a spiral-like intermediate of the cytokinetic protein FtsZ.
Cell - 19 Apr 2002
Ben-Yehuda Sigal, Losick Richard
Abstract excerpt
A fundamental feature of development in the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus subtilis is the switch from medial to asymmetric division. The switch is brought about by a change in the location of the cytokinetic Z ring, which is composed of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ, from the cell middle to the poles during sporulation. We report that the medial Z ring is replaced by a spiral-like filament of FtsZ that grows...
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