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Bacterial division: the fellowship of the ring
1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin, 77030, Houston, TX, USA. William.Margolin@uth.tmc.edu
Current Biology : CB
|January 16, 2003
Abstract:
The Z ring, composed of the tubulin homolog FtsZ, is essential for bacterial cell division. Recently a new protein, ZapA, has been discovered that localizes to the Z ring and stabilizes it, probably by promoting the bundling of FtsZ protofilaments.