FtsZ-spirals and -arcs determine the shape of the invaginating septa in some mutants of Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00100.x

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FtsZ-spirals and -arcs determine the shape of the invaginating septa in some mutants of Escherichia coli.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 1996

Addinall S G, Lutkenhaus J

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The essential cell division protein FtsZ forms a dynamic ring structure at the future division site. This Z-ring contracts during cell division while maintaining a position at the leading edge of the invaginating septum. Using immunofluorescence microscopy we have characterized two situations in...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Cell Division
Cytoskeletal Proteins
Escherichia coli
GTP-Binding Proteins
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Mutation
Phenotype
Temperature

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