title: DNA-membrane interactions can localize bacterial cell center.
abstract: In actively growing bacterial cells, the DNA exerts stress on the membrane, in addition to the turgor caused by osmotic pressure. This stress is applied through coupled transcription/translation and insertion of membrane proteins (so-called "transertion" process). In bacillary bacteria, the strength of this interaction varies along cell length with a minimum at its midpoint, and hence can locate the cell's equator for the assembly of the FtsZ-ring.
authors: Departments of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box. 653, 84105 Be'er-Sheva, Israel. avinoam@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors: Avinoam
authors: A
authors: Rabinovitch
authors: Arieh
authors: A
authors: Zaritsky
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Feingold
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial