A mutation inEscherichia coli ftsZbypasses the requirement for the essential division genezipAand confers resistance to FtsZ assembly inhibitors by stabilizing protofilament bundling

Guiding divisome assembly and controlling its activity

(2015) Mary-Jane Tsang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

A role for the FtsQLB complex in cytokinetic ring activation revealed by anftsLallele that accelerates division

(2015) Mary-Jane Tsang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Last but not least: new insights into how FtsN triggers constriction duringEscherichia colicell division

(2015) David S. Weiss   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The bypass of ZipA by overexpression of FtsN requires a previously unknown conserved FtsN motif essential for FtsA-FtsN interaction supporting a model in which FtsA monomers recruit late cell division proteins to the Z ring

(2015) Sebastien Pichoff et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Roles for both FtsA and the FtsBLQ subcomplex in FtsN-stimulated cell constriction inEscherichia coli

(2015) Bing Liu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

3D-SIM Super-resolution of FtsZ and Its Membrane Tethers in Escherichia coli Cells

(2014) Veronica Wells Rowlett et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Asymmetric Constriction of Dividing Escherichia coli Cells Induced by Expression of a Fusion between Two Min Proteins

(2014) V. W. Rowlett et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A thermosensitive defect in the ATP binding pocket of FtsA can be suppressed by allosteric changes in the dimer interface

(2014) Jennifer R. Herricks et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Kil Peptide of Bacteriophage λ Blocks Escherichia coli Cytokinesis via ZipA-Dependent Inhibition of FtsZ Assembly

(2014) Daniel P. Haeusser et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

(2014) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   eLife

Organization of FtsZ Filaments in the Bacterial Division Ring Measured from Polarized Fluorescence Microscopy

(2013) Fangwei Si et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Glutamate 83 and arginine 85 of helix H3 bend are key residues for FtsZ polymerization, GTPase activity and cellular viability of Escherichia coli: lateral mutations affect FtsZ polymerization and E. coli viability

(2013) Jae Yen Shin et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Three-dimensional structure of the Z-ring as a random network of FtsZ filaments

(2013) Oreste Piro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

FtsZ Ring Stability: of Bundles, Tubules, Crosslinks, and Curves

(2013) K.-H. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

In the Beginning,Escherichia coliAssembled the Proto-ring: An Initial Phase of Division

(2013) Ana Isabel Rico et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Colocalization and interaction between elongasome and divisome during a preparative cell division phase inEscherichia coli

(2013) René van der Ploeg 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

The bacterial cell division proteins FtsA and FtsZ self-organize into dynamic cytoskeletal patterns

(2013) Martin Loose et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

FtsZ Protofilaments Use a Hinge-Opening Mechanism for Constrictive Force Generation

(2013) Y. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging of the Midplane Protein FtsZ in LiveCaulobacter crescentusCells Using Astigmatism

(2012) Julie S. Biteen et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Bacterial cytokinesis: From Z ring to divisome

(2012) Joe Lutkenhaus et al.   Cytoskeleton

FtsA forms actin-like protofilaments

(2012) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Identification of ZapD as a Cell Division Factor That Promotes the Assembly of FtsZ in Escherichia coli

(2012) J. Durand-Heredia et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

ZipA Is Required for FtsZ-Dependent Preseptal Peptidoglycan Synthesis prior to Invagination during Cell Division

(2012) L.-P. Potluri et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Early Divisome Protein FtsA Interacts Directly through Its 1c Subdomain with the Cytoplasmic Domain of the Late Divisome Protein FtsN

(2012) K. K. Busiek et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Extreme C Terminus of Bacterial Cytoskeletal Protein FtsZ Plays Fundamental Role in Assembly Independent of Modulatory Proteins

(2012) Paul J. Buske et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Specific Role for the ZipA Protein in Cell Division

(2012) Manuel Pazos et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

FtsZ rings and helices: physical mechanisms for the dynamic alignment of biopolymers in rod-shaped bacteria

(2012) Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich et al.   PHYSICAL BIOLOGY

Towards a bottom-up reconstitution of bacterial cell division

(2012) Ariadna Martos et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

3D-SIM Super Resolution Microscopy Reveals a Bead-Like Arrangement for FtsZ and the Division Machinery: Implications for Triggering Cytokinesis

(2012) Michael P. Strauss et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Identification of Escherichia coli ZapC (YcbW) as a Component of the Division Apparatus That Binds and Bundles FtsZ Polymers

(2011) C. A. Hale et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of ZapC, a Stabilizer of the FtsZ Ring in Escherichia coli

(2011) J. M. Durand-Heredia et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

FtsA mutants impaired for self-interaction bypass ZipA suggesting a model in which FtsA's self-interaction competes with its ability to recruit downstream division proteins

(2011) Sebastien Pichoff et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

E93R Substitution ofEscherichia coliFtsZ Induces Bundling of Protofilaments, Reduces GTPase Activity, and Impairs Bacterial Cytokinesis

(2010) Richa Jaiswal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Multiple regions along the Escherichia coli FtsK protein are implicated in cell division

(2010) Nelly Dubarry et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-linking FtsZ polymers into coherent Z rings

(2010) Alex Dajkovic et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

In Vivo Structure of the E. coli FtsZ-ring Revealed by Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM)

(2010) Guo Fu et al.   PLoS One

The GTPase Activity ofEscherichia coliFtsZ Determines the Magnitude of the FtsZ Polymer Bundling by ZapAin Vitro

(2009) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Self-Enhanced Accumulation of FtsN at Division Sites and Roles for Other Proteins with a SPOR Domain (DamX, DedD, and RlpA) in Escherichia coli Cell Constriction

(2009) M. A. Gerding et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Adenine Nucleotide-dependent Regulation of Assembly of Bacterial Tubulin-like FtsZ by a Hypermorph of Bacterial Actin-like FtsA

(2009) Tushar K. Beuria et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Compensation for the loss of the conserved membrane targeting sequence of FtsA provides new insights into its function

(2009) Daisuke Shiomi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The conserved C-terminal tail of FtsZ is required for the septal localization and division inhibitory activity of MinCC/MinD

(2009) Bang Shen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Lateral FtsZ association and the assembly of the cytokinetic Z ring in bacteria

(2009) Leigh G. Monahan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial cell division: assembly, maintenance and disassembly of the Z ring

(2009) David W. Adams et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Polymerization and Bundling Kinetics of FtsZ Filaments

(2008) Ganhui Lan et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Condensation of FtsZ filaments can drive bacterial cell division

(2008) G. Lan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA