Bacterial cell division is orchestrated by a tubulin homologue, FtsZ, which polymerizes to
form a ring-like structure that is both a scaffold for the assembly of the bacterial cytokinetic …

FtsZ, a bacterial homolog of tubulin, is well established as forming the cytoskeletal
framework for the cytokinetic ring. Recent work has shown that purified FtsZ, in the absence …

Many cell division-related proteins are located at specific positions in the bacterial cell, and
this organized distribution of proteins requires energy. Here, we report that the proton motive …

Ancestral homologues of the major eukaryotic cytoskeletal families, tubulin and actin, play
critical roles in cytokinesis of bacterial cells. FtsZ is the ancestral homologue of tubulin and …

The bacterial pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, grows by dividing in two alternating
orthogonal planes. How these cell division planes are positioned correctly is not known …

Molecular self-organziation, also regarded as pattern formation, is crucial for the correct
distribution of cellular content. The processes leading to spatiotemporal patterns often …

Bacteria must segregate their DNA and position a septum to grow and divide. In many
bacteria, MinD is involved in spatial regulation of the cytokinetic Z ring, and ParAs are …

Like their eukaryotic counterparts, bacterial cells have a highly organized internal
architecture. Here, we address the question of how proteins localize to particular sites in the …

Rod-shaped bacteria such as E. coli have mechanisms to position their cell division plane at
the precise center of the cell, to ensure that the daughter cells are equal in size. The two …

When faced with starvation, the bacterium Bacillus subtilis transforms itself into a dormant
cell type called a" spore". Sporulation initiates with an asymmetric division event, which …