Comment
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1332806100.
Epub 2003 Jun 16.
Bacterial cell division spirals into control
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- PMID: 12810947
- PMCID: PMC164599
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1332806100
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Bacterial cell division spirals into control
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
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The old view of the organization of MinC, MinD, and MinE proteins within E. coli and a new view based on the observations of Shih et al. (4) in this issue of PNAS. (A) In the old view, MinC and MinD (shown in blue) were thought to be diffusely present at one pole at a time and to oscillate between poles. MinE (shown in red) was thought to be a ring that oscillated around the midcell position. (B) In the new view, MinC and MinD (blue) are organized into spiral structures, and, although the bulk of MinC and MinD oscillates from pole to pole, a small amount is always present at both poles. MinE (red) is also organized into a spiral that can be seen to extend to the poles.
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Division site selection in Escherichia coli involves dynamic redistribution of Min proteins within coiled structures that extend between the two cell poles.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jun 24;100(13):7865-70. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1232225100. Epub 2003 May 23. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003. PMID: 12766229 Free PMC article.
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