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Bacterial cytokinesis: from Z ring to divisome.
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PMID:  22888013     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ancestral homologues of the major eukaryotic cytoskeletal families, tubulin and actin, play critical roles in cytokinesis of bacterial cells. FtsZ is the ancestral homologue of tubulin and assembles into the Z ring that determines the division plane. FtsA, a member of the actin family, is involved in coordinating cell wall synthesis during cytokinesis. FtsA assists in the formation of the Z ring and also has a critical role in recruiting downstream division proteins to the Z ring to generate the divisome that divides the cell. Spatial regulation of cytokinesis occurs at the stage of Z ring assembly and regulation of cell size occurs at this stage or during Z ring maturation. © 2012 Wiley-Blackwell, Inc.
Authors:
Joe Lutkenhaus; Sebastien Pichoff; Shishen Du
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-8-6
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1949-3592     ISO Abbreviation:  Cytoskeleton (Hoboken)     Publication Date:  2012 Aug 
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Created Date:  2012-8-13     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101523844     Medline TA:  Cytoskeleton (Hoboken)     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160. jlutkenh@kumc.edu.
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