Bacterial cell division is orchestrated by a tubulin homologue, FtsZ, which polymerizes to
form a ring-like structure that is both a scaffold for the assembly of the bacterial cytokinetic …

Binary fission of many prokaryotes as well as some eukaryotic organelles depends on the
FtsZ protein, which self-assembles into a membrane-associated ring structure early in the …

Bacteria display various shapes and rely on complex spatial organization of their
intracellular components for many cellular processes. This organization changes in …

It is remarkable how robustly a bacterial species can maintain its preferred size. This
capacity is intimately related to control of the cell cycle: cell size and growth rate determine …

This report presents full-genome evidence that bacterial cells use discrete transcription
patterns to control cell cycle progression. Global transcription analysis of synchronized …

Protein phosphorylation provides molecular control of complex physiological events within
cells. In many cases, phosphorylation on specific amino acids directly controls the assembly …

The bacterial actin homologue, MreB, is required for the maintenance of a rod‐shaped cell
and has been shown to form spirals that traverse along the longitudinal axis of Bacillus …

Studies of the genetic network that controls the Caulobacter cell cycle have identified a
response regulator, CtrA, that controls, directly or indirectly, one-quarter of the 553 cell cycle …

In prokaryotes, FtsZ (the f ilamentous t emperature s ensitive protein Z) is a nearly ubiquitous
GTPase that localizes in a ring at the leading edge of constricting plasma membranes during …

The FtsZ protein is a highly conserved bacterial tubulin homolog. In vivo, the functional form
of FtsZ is the polymeric, ring-like structure (Z-ring) assembled at the future division site …