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Analysis of molecular diffusion in ftsK cell-division mutants using laser surgery.
EMBO reports - 1 Sept 2003
Goksör Mattias, Diez Alfredo, Enger Johan, Hanstorp Dag, Nyström Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli cells that lack the carboxy-terminal part of FtsK fail to segregate their chromosomes properly during cytokinesis and tend to form chains. These chains are possibly formed as a result of DNA being trapped in the division planes or a failure to fuse the membrane during septum formation. If so, small molecules might diffuse between the apparent cell compartments. To investigate this theory, we...
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