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Review
. 2000 Mar 20;148(6):1103-5.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.148.6.1103.

Dynamin and FtsZ. Missing links in mitochondrial and bacterial division

H P Erickson  1
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Review

Dynamin and FtsZ. Missing links in mitochondrial and bacterial division

H P Erickson. J Cell Biol. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Rings and spirals assembled by dynamin on the left (Stowell et al. 1999), and FtsZ on the right (Lu et al. 2000; Erickson et al. 1996). The dynamin spirals are ∼50-nm diameter, and FtsZ is ∼23-nm diam.
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