Article
Cell division protein DivIB influences the Spo0J/Soj system of chromosome segregation in Bacillus subtilis.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Real Gonçalo, Autret Sabine, Harry Elizabeth J, Errington Jeffery, Henriques Adriano O
Abstract excerpt
The initiation of the developmental process of sporulation in the rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus subtilis involves the activation of the Spo0A response regulator. Spo0A then drives the switch in the site of division septum formation from midcell to a polar position. Activated Spo0A is required for the transcription of key sporulation loci such as spoIIG, which are negatively regulated by the Soj protein. The...
Topics
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cell Division
- Chromosome Segregation
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Spores, Bacterial
- Transcription, Genetic
