Mechanisms of Bacterial Cell Division

MapZ Forms a Stable Ring Structure That Acts As a Nanotrack for FtsZ Treadmilling in Streptococcus mutans

(2018) Yongliang Li et al.   ACS Nano

Detailed Analyses of Stall Force Generation in Mycoplasma mobile Gliding

(2018) Masaki Mizutani et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Kinetics of large-scale chromosomal movement during asymmetric cell division in Escherichia coli

(2017) Jaana Männik et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Thiazole Orange Derivative Targeting the Bacterial Protein FtsZ Shows Potent Antibacterial Activity

(2017) Ning Sun et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Beyond force generation: Why is a dynamic ring of FtsZ polymers essential for bacterial cytokinesis?

(2016) Carla Coltharp et al.   BIOESSAYS

MreB Orientation Correlates with Cell Diameter in Escherichia coli

(2016) Nikolay Ouzounov et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Influence of FtsZ GTPase activity and concentration on nanoscale Z-ring structurein vivorevealed by three-dimensional Superresolution imaging

(2016) Zhixin Lyu et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Identification of agents targeting FtsZ assembly

(2016) Dulal Panda et al.   Future Medicinal Chemistry

Classic Spotlight: Discovery offtsZ

(2016) Piet A. J. de Boer   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Targeting the Bacterial Division Protein FtsZ

(2016) Katherine A. Hurley et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Splitsville: structural and functional insights into the dynamic bacterial Z ring

(2016) Daniel P. Haeusser et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome

(2016) C. A. Hutchison et al.   SCIENCE

Cell Division by Longitudinal Scission in the Insect Endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

(2016) Elodie Ramond et al.   mBio

Cytological Profile of Antibacterial FtsZ Inhibitors and Synthetic Peptide MciZ

(2016) Lidia Araújo-Bazán et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

New insights into FtsZ rearrangements during the cell division ofEscherichia colifrom single-molecule localization microscopy of fixed cells

(2016) Alexey D. Vedyaykin et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Asynchronous division by non-ring FtsZ in the gammaproteobacterial symbiont of Robbea hypermnestra

(2016) Nikolaus Leisch et al.   Nature Microbiology

Bacterial cytoskeleton and implications for new antibiotic targets

(2015) Huan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF DRUG TARGETING

The bacterial divisome: ready for its close-up

(2015) Veronica W. Rowlett et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Remodeling of the Z-Ring Nanostructure during the Streptococcus pneumoniae Cell Cycle Revealed by Photoactivated Localization Microscopy

(2015) Maxime Jacq et al.   mBio

Spatial coordination between chromosomes and cell division proteins in Escherichia coli

(2015) Jaan Männik et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, an Underutilized Model for Bacterial Cell Biology

(2014) M. F. Balish   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Highly Conserved MraZ Protein Is a Transcriptional Regulator in Escherichia coli

(2014) J. M. Eraso et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Disassembly of the divisome inEscherichia coli: evidence that FtsZ dissociates before compartmentalization

(2014) Bill Söderström et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

MapZ marks the division sites and positions FtsZ rings in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Aurore Fleurie et al.   NATURE

High throughput 3D super-resolution microscopy reveals Caulobacter crescentus in vivo Z-ring organization

(2014) S. J. Holden et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

General principles for the formation and proliferation of a wall-free (L-form) state in bacteria

(2014) Romain Mercier et al.   eLife

Architecture of the ring formed by the tubulin homologue FtsZ in bacterial cell division

(2014) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   eLife

FtsZ-less prokaryotic cell division as well as FtsZ- and dynamin-less chloroplast and non-photosynthetic plastid division

(2014) Shin-ya Miyagishima et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Super-resolution Imaging of the Cytokinetic Z Ring in Live Bacteria Using Fast 3D-Structured Illumination Microscopy (f3D-SIM)

(2014) Lynne Turnbull et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Excess Membrane Synthesis Drives a Primitive Mode of Cell Proliferation

(2013) Romain Mercier et al.   CELL

The bacterial Min system

(2013) Veronica Wells Rowlett et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FtsZ in chloroplast division: structure, function and evolution

(2013) Allan D TerBush et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The C-terminal linker ofEscherichia coli FtsZ functions as an intrinsically disordered peptide

(2013) Kiani A. J. Arkus Gardner et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

In vivoorganization of the FtsZ-ring by ZapA and ZapB revealed by quantitative super-resolution microscopy

(2013) Jackson Buss et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A new metabolic cell-wall labelling method reveals peptidoglycan in Chlamydia trachomatis

(2013) G. W. Liechti et al.   NATURE

Structural and genetic analyses reveal the protein SepF as a new membrane anchor for the Z ring

(2013) R. Duman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Liposome division by a simple bacterial division machinery

(2013) M. Osawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Discovery of chlamydial peptidoglycan reveals bacteria with murein sacculi but without FtsZ

(2013) Martin Pilhofer et al.   Nature Communications

An Improved Small-Molecule Inhibitor of FtsZ with SuperiorIn VitroPotency, Drug-Like Properties, andIn VivoEfficacy

(2012) Neil R. Stokes et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparing contractile apparatus-driven cytokinesis mechanisms across kingdoms

(2012) Mohan K. Balasubramanian et al.   Cytoskeleton

Bacterial cytokinesis: From Z ring to divisome

(2012) Joe Lutkenhaus et al.   Cytoskeleton

Inducible SOS Response System of DNA Repair and Mutagenesis in Escherichia coli

(2012) Celina Janion   International Journal of Biological Sciences

PomZ, a ParA-like protein, regulates Z-ring formation and cell division inMyxococcus xanthus

(2012) Anke Treuner-Lange et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cell division and DNA segregation in Streptomyces: how to build a septum in the middle of nowhere?

(2012) Dagmara Jakimowicz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Robustness and accuracy of cell division in Escherichia coli in diverse cell shapes

(2012) J. Mannik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Positive control of cell division: FtsZ is recruited by SsgB during sporulation of Streptomyces

(2011) J. Willemse et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Nucleoid occlusion and bacterial cell division

(2011) Ling Juan Wu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The growth and long term survival of Acholeplasma laidlawii in media products used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

(2010) Helena M. Windsor et al.   BIOLOGICALS

FtsZ-less cell division in archaea and bacteria

(2010) Rolf Bernander et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular mechanism by which the nucleoid occlusion factor, SlmA, keeps cytokinesis in check

(2010) Nam Ky Tonthat et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

FtsZ in Bacterial Cytokinesis: Cytoskeleton and Force Generator All in One

(2010) H. P. Erickson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Cell division in a minimal bacterium in the absence of ftsZ

(2010) Maria Lluch-Senar et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Wnt Isoform-Specific Interactions with Coreceptor Specify Inhibition or Potentiation of Signaling by LRP6 Antibodies

(2010) Yan Gong et al.   PLoS One

Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome

(2010) D. G. Gibson et al.   SCIENCE

Langevin computer simulations of bacterial protein filaments and the force-generating mechanism during cell division

(2008) I. Hörger et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A unique cell division machinery in the Archaea

(2008) A.-C. Lindas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reconstitution of Contractile FtsZ Rings in Liposomes

(2008) M. Osawa et al.   SCIENCE