title: Membrane-murein attachment at the leading edge of the division septum: a second membrane-murein structure associated with morphogenesis of the gram-negative bacterial division septum.
abstract: Electron microscopy of plasmolyzed cells of Salmonella typhimurium revealed a continuous zone of membrane-murein attachment at the leading edge of the division septum at all stages of septal invagination. The membrane-murein attachment site had a characteristic ultrastructural appearance and remained as a bacterial birth scar at the new pole of each of the two daughter cells after cell separation. The continuous zone of membrane-murein attachment at the leading septal edge represents the second organelle based on a topologically ordered domain of membrane-murein adhesion to be described at the site of cell division.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: MacAlister
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weigand
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Rothfield
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009154:Mutation; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000378:metabolism*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D010457:Peptidoglycan