Topological regulation of cell division in Escherichia coli involves rapid pole to pole oscillation of the division inhibitor MinC under the control of MinD and MinE
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- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 34 (1) , 82-90
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01575.x
Abstract
Placement of the Z ring at midcell in Escherichia coli is assured by the action of the min system, which blocks usage of potential division sites that exist at the cell poles. This activity of min is...This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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