A plant MinD homologue rescues <it>Escherichia coli </it>HL1 mutant (Δ<it>MinDE</it>) in the absence of MinE

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In <it>E. coli</it>, the Min operon (<it>MinCDE</it>) plays a key role in determining the site of cell division. MinE oscillates from the middle to one pole or another to drive the MinCD complex to the end of...

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Main Authors: Gao Hongbo, Jia Jingjing, Hu Yong, Zhang Min, He Yikun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/101