title: MipZ: one for the pole, two for the DNA.
abstract: In this issue of Molecular Cell,Kiekebusch et al. (2012) show that a novel regulatory mechanism of the ATPase cycle of MipZ, together with nonspecific DNA binding, generates the MipZ gradient that spatially regulates Z ring formation in Caulobacter crescentus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Shishen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lutkenhaus