title: Dynamic proteins in bacteria.
abstract: The MinCDE system regulates the position of the division plane in rod-shaped bacteria. New results from Escherichia coli provide insight into how this operates by showing that MinE stimulates the ATPase activity of MinD.
authors.affiliation: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Autret
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Errington
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C093548:MinE protein, E coli; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C072069:MinD protein, E coli