Role of the antiparallel double-stranded filament form of FtsA in activating the Escherichia coli divisome
ABSTRACT The actin-like FtsA protein is essential for function of the cell division machinery, or divisome, in many bacteria including Escherichia coli. Previous in vitro studies demonstrated that purified wild-type FtsA assembles into closed mini-rings on lipid membranes, but oligomeric variants of...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2024-08-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01687-24 |