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

Bacterial Cell Division: A Swirling Ring to Rule Them All?

(2014) Petra Schwille   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Bill Söderström et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A role for FtsA in SPOR-independent localization of the essentialEscherichia colicell division protein FtsN

(2014) Kimberly K. Busiek et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SlmA Antagonism of FtsZ Assembly Employs a Two-pronged Mechanism like MinCD

(2014) Shishen Du et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

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

Structure of the PilM-PilN Inner Membrane Type IV Pilus Biogenesis Complex fromThermus thermophilus

(2011) Vijaykumar Karuppiah et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Advances in understanding E. coli cell fission

(2010) Piet AJ de Boer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Examination of the interaction between FtsZ and MinCNinE. colisuggests how MinC disrupts Z rings

(2010) Bang Shen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

FtsN--Trigger for Septation

(2009) J. Lutkenhaus   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

FtsN-like proteins are conserved components of the cell division machinery in proteobacteria

(2009) Andrea Möll 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

ClpXP protease degrades the cytoskeletal protein, FtsZ, and modulates FtsZ polymer dynamics

(2009) J. L. Camberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA