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Comment
. 2009 Aug 5;28(15):2147-8.
doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.167.

Irresistible curves

Jennifer R Juarez  1 , William Margolin
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Irresistible curves

Jennifer R Juarez et al. EMBO J. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Roles of DivIVA and SpoVM in the B. subtilis life cycle. During vegetative growth, DivIVA oligomeric structures (green) localize to concave cell poles where they recruit other proteins (coloured blobs). When the cell begins to divide, the newly formed concave curvature attracts DivIVA to the septum. During sporulation, DivIVA–RacA pulls the chromosome inside the pre-spore before the septum closes. SpoVM (orange crosses) localizes to the outside of the increasingly convex spore membrane.
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