During cell division in Gram‐negative bacteria, the cell envelope invaginates and constricts
at the septum, eventually severing the cell into two compartments, and separating the …

The synthesis of a peptidoglycan septum is a fundamental part of bacterial fission and is
driven by a multiprotein dynamic complex called the divisome. FtsW and FtsI are essential …

Bacterial morphology is determined primarily by the architecture of the peptidoglycan (PG)
cell wall, a mesh‐like layer that encases the cell. To identify novel mechanisms that create or …

This paper describes a technique for growing filamentous cells of Escherichia coli with
defined shapes, including crescents, zigzags, sinusoids, and spirals. The procedure begins …

The timing of the appearance of the FtsZ ring at the future site of division in Escherichia coli
was determined by in situ immunofluorescence microscopy for two strains grown under …

Staphylococcus aureus penicillin‐binding protein PBP2 is an enzyme involved in the last
stages of peptidoglycan assembly and is an important player in the mechanism of methicillin …

The bacterial cell division protein FtsW has been suggested to perform two functions:
stabilize the FtsZ cytokinetic ring, and facilitate septal peptidoglycan synthesis by the …

The rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli multiplies by elongation followed
by binary fission. Longitudinal growth of the cell envelope and synthesis of the new poles …

In Escherichia coli many enzymes including MurG are directly involved in the synthesis and
assembly of peptidoglycan. MurG is an essential glycosyltransferase catalysing the last …

The ability of each of the nine Escherichia coli division proteins (FtsZ, FtsA, ZipA, FtsK, FtsQ,
FtsL, FtsW, FtsI, FtsN) to interact with itself and with each of the remaining eight proteins was …