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Z Ring as Executor of Bacterial Cell Division

2006; Volume: 11; Issue: 3-5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000094050

2673-1673

Alex Dajkovic, Joe Lutkenhaus,

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

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.