Toporegulation of bacterial division according to the nucleoid occlusion model.

doi:10.1016/0923-2508(91)90046-d

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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

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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...

Topics

Cell Division
Cell Nucleus
DNA Replication
Escherichia coli
Genes, Bacterial
Models, Biological
Mutation
Peptidoglycan
Signal Transduction

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