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Toporegulation of bacterial division according to the nucleoid occlusion model.
Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Woldringh C L, Mulder E, Huls P G, Vischer N
Abstract excerpt
A model for the toporegulation of division in Escherichia coli is presented in which cell constriction is initiated by the combined action of a biochemical and a structural event. It is proposed that the biochemical event of termination of DNA replication causes a transient change in the pool of deoxyribonucleotides, which serves as a localized trigger that is converted to a diffusible, cytoplasmic activator of...
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