Bacterial Division: Journey to the Center of the Cell.

Curr Biol

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

Published: February 2020

Most bacteria divide by corralling the tubulin-like FtsZ protein to mid-cell, where it assembles into a ring of treadmilling membrane-tethered oligomers. A study in this issue reveals new details about how FtsZ finds its way to the ring.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.048DOI Listing

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