The Min system and other nucleoid-independent regulators of Z ring positioning

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Rowlett, Veronica W ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell division; Divisome; FtsZ; Min system; Z ring positioning

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; FTSZ PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CAULOBACTER; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; DAUGHTER CELL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSION; POLAR BODY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84931260885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00478     Document Type: Review

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