Bacterial cell division: a moving MinE sweeper boggles the MinD.
Placement of the division site in Escherichia coli is determined in part by three Min proteins. Recent studies have shown that MinE, previously thought to form a static ring near the division site at the midcell position, actually joins MinC and MinD in their rapid oscillation between the cell poles.
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Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. William.Margolin@uth.tmc.edu
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C080466:MinC protein, Bacteria; C093548:MinE protein, E coli; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C072069:MinD protein, E coli