Z Ring as Executor of Bacterial Cell Division
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Microbial Physiology
- Vol. 11 (3-5) , 140-151
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000094050
Abstract
It has become apparent that bacteria possess ancestors of the major eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins. FtsZ, the ancestral homologue of tubulin, assembles into a cytoskeletal structure associated with cell division, designated the Z ring. Formation of the Z ring represents a major point of both spatial and temporal regulation of cell division. Here we discuss findings concerning the structure and the formation of the ring as well as its spatial and temporal regulation.Keywords
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