Assembly of the FtsZ ring at the central division site in the absence of the chromosome.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00942.x

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Assembly of the FtsZ ring at the central division site in the absence of the chromosome.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 1998

Sun Q, Yu X C, Margolin W

Abstract excerpt

The FtsZ ring assembles between segregated daughter chromosomes in prokaryotic cells and is essential for cell division. To understand better how the FtsZ ring is influenced by chromosome positioning and structure in Escherichia coli, we investigated its localization in parC and mukB mutants that...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Cell Division
Cell Nucleus
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
Chromosome Segregation
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Cytoskeletal Proteins
DNA Topoisomerase IV
DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Mutation

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