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Min oscillation in bacteria.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2008
Lutkenhaus Joe
Abstract excerpt
Oscillation of the Min proteins is a key regulator of the division plane in many bacteria including the model organism E. coli. The coupled oscillation of these proteins between the ends of the cell restricts the formation of the Z ring, an essential cytoskeletal element that serves as a scaffold for the cytokinesis machinery, to a narrow region at midcell. The oscillation was discovered following the fusion of...
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