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Dynamic SpoIIIE assembly mediates septal membrane fission during Bacillus subtilis sporulation.
Genes & development - 1 Jun 2010
Fleming Tinya C, Shin Jae Yen, Lee Sang-Hyuk, Becker Eric, Huang Kerwyn Casey, Bustamante Carlos, Pogliano Kit
Abstract excerpt
SpoIIIE is an FtsK-related protein that transports the forespore chromosome across the Bacillus subtilis sporulation septum. We use membrane photobleaching and protoplast assays to demonstrate that SpoIIIE is required for septal membrane fission in the presence of trapped DNA, and that DNA is transported across separate daughter cell membranes, suggesting that SpoIIIE forms a channel that partitions the daughter...
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