title: Division planes alternate in spherical cells of Escherichia coli.
abstract: In the spherical cells of Escherichia coli rodA mutants, division is initiated at a single point, from which a furrow extends progressively around the cell. Using "giant" rodA ftsA cells, we confirmed that each new division furrow is initiated at the midpoint of the previous division plane and runs perpendicular to it.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Begg
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Donachie
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D016764:Cell Polarity; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology*; D009024:Morphogenesis