The ability to split one cell into two is fundamental to all life, and many bacteria can
accomplish this feat several times per hour with high accuracy. Most bacteria call on an …

Bacteria must divide to increase in number and colonize their niche. Binary fission is the
most widespread means of bacterial cell division, but even this relatively simple mechanism …

Abstract The MPI Bioinformatics Toolkit (https://toolkit. tuebingen. mpg. de) provides
interactive access to a wide range of the best‐performing bioinformatics tools and …

The mechanism by which bacteria divide is not well understood. Cell division is mediated by
filaments of FtsZ and FtsA (FtsAZ) that recruit septal peptidoglycan-synthesizing enzymes to …

The endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III) catalyzes membrane
fission from within membrane necks, a process that is essential for many cellular functions …

Cyanobacteria carry out oxygenic photosynthesis, play a key role in the cycling of carbon
and nitrogen in the biosphere, and have had a large impact on the evolution of life and the …

Recent advances have made cryogenic (cryo) electron microscopy a key technique to
achieve near-atomic-resolution structures of biochemically isolated macromolecular …

MreB is essential for rod shape in many bacteria. Membrane-associated MreB filaments
move around the rod circumference, helping to insert cell wall in the radial direction to …

Despite the astonishing diversity and complexity of living systems, they all share five
common hallmarks: compartmentalization, growth and division, information processing …

Bacterial cell division is orchestrated by the divisome, a protein complex centered on the
tubulin homolog FtsZ. FtsZ polymerizes into a dynamic ring that defines the division site …