A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches
Bacteria divide by binary fission. The protein machine responsible for this process is the divisome, a transient assembly of more than 30 proteins in and on the surface of the cytoplasmic membrane. Together, they constrict the cell envelope and remodel the peptidoglycan layer to eventually split the...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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Series: | European Journal of Cell Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S017193352300095X |