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

Tetramerization of ZapA is required for FtsZ bundling

(2012) Raúl Pacheco-Gómez et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Bacterial cytokinesis: From Z ring to divisome

(2012) Joe Lutkenhaus et al.   Cytoskeleton

A MatP-divisome interaction coordinates chromosome segregation with cell division inE. coli

(2012) Olivier Espéli et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Key Role of Two Terminal Domains in the Bidirectional Polymerization of FtsA Protein

(2012) Marcin Krupka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

Isolation, Characterization and Lipid-Binding Properties of the Recalcitrant FtsA Division Protein from Escherichia coli

(2012) Ariadna Martos et al.   PLoS One

Bacillus subtilis SepF Binds to the C-Terminus of FtsZ

(2012) Ewa Król et al.   PLoS One

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

The Min System and Nucleoid Occlusion Are Not Required for Identifying the Division Site in Bacillus subtilis but Ensure Its Efficient Utilization

(2012) Christopher D. A. Rodrigues et al.   PLoS Genetics

New(s) to the (Z-)ring

(2011) Clare L Kirkpatrick et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Large ring polymers align FtsZ polymers for normal septum formation

(2011) Muhammet E Gündoğdu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

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

FtsZ-ZapA-ZapB Interactome of Escherichia coli

(2011) E. Galli 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

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

Inside-out Z rings - constriction with and without GTP hydrolysis

(2011) Masaki Osawa et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Assembly of the Caulobacter cell division machine

(2011) Erin D. Goley et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

ZipA Binds to FtsZ with High Affinity and Enhances the Stability of FtsZ Protofilaments

(2011) Anuradha Kuchibhatla et al.   PLoS One

Essential PcsB putative peptidoglycan hydrolase interacts with the essential FtsXSpn cell division protein in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2011) L.-T. Sham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An ATP-binding cassette transporter-like complex governs cell-wall hydrolysis at the bacterial cytokinetic ring

(2011) D. C. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Advances in understanding E. coli cell fission

(2010) Piet AJ de Boer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Imaging-Based Identification of a Critical Regulator of FtsZ Protofilament Curvature in Caulobacter

(2010) Erin D. Goley et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Spatial resolution of two bacterial cell division proteins: ZapA recruits ZapB to the inner face of the Z-ring

(2010) Elisa Galli et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-linking FtsZ polymers into coherent Z rings

(2010) Alex Dajkovic et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation

(2010) Jerod L. Ptacin et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Guo Fu et al.   PLoS One

Strong FtsZ is with the force: mechanisms to constrict bacteria

(2010) Jesús Mingorance et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2009) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Bacterial ZapA-like Protein ZED Is Required for Mitochondrial Division

(2009) Yamato Yoshida et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Two-Step Assembly Dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis Divisome

(2009) P. Gamba 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

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

(2009) Andrea Möll 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

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

The SsgA-like proteins in actinomycetes: small proteins up to a big task

(2008) Bjørn A. Traag et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

MinC Spatially Controls Bacterial Cytokinesis by Antagonizing the Scaffolding Function of FtsZ

(2008) Alex Dajkovic et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The effect of MinC on FtsZ polymerization is pH dependent and can be counteracted by ZapA

(2008) Dirk-Jan Scheffers   FEBS LETTERS

Novel coiled-coil cell division factor ZapB stimulates Z ring assembly and cell division

(2008) Gitte Ebersbach et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The FtsEX ABC transporter directs cellular differentiation inBacillus subtilis

(2008) Sharon Garti-Levi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Reconstitution of Contractile FtsZ Rings in Liposomes

(2008) M. Osawa et al.   SCIENCE