FtsZ regulates frequency of cell division in Escherichia coli.

Abstract excerpt

Cell division is regulated so that it occurs only once per cell cycle. In Escherichia coli, a rod-shaped bacterium, division normally takes place at the center of the long axis of the cell; however, in the minicell mutant, division can also take place at the cell pole. Such divisions take place at the expense of normal divisions, resulting in an overall increase in nucleated cell length. We report here that...

Topics

• Bacterial Proteins
• Cell Division
• DNA Replication
• Escherichia coli
• Mutation
• Plasmids
• Restriction Mapping