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

Intrinsic disorder of the bacterial cell division protein ZipA: coil-to-brush conformational transition

(2013) Iván López-Montero et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The Escherichia coli Cell Division Protein ZipA Forms Homodimers Prior to Association with FtsZ

(2012) Karl Skoog et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Membrane reconstitution of FtsZ–ZipA complex inside giant spherical vesicles made of E. coli lipids: Large membrane dilation and analysis of membrane plasticity

(2012) I. López-Montero et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Negative-Stain Electron Microscopy of Inside-Out FtsZ Rings Reconstituted on Artificial Membrane Tubules Show Ribbons of Protofilaments

(2012) Sara L. Milam et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Superresolution microscopy for microbiology

(2012) Carla Coltharp et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2012) Julie S. Biteen et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

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

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

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

Active Membrane Viscoelasticity by the Bacterial FtsZ-Division Protein

(2012) Iván López-Montero et al.   LANGMUIR

Isolation and identification of new inner membrane-associated proteins that localize to cell poles inEscherichia coli

(2012) Gang Li 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

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

Towards a bottom-up reconstitution of bacterial cell division

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

FtsZ polymers bound to lipid bilayers through ZipA form dynamic two dimensional networks

(2011) Pablo Mateos-Gil et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Large ring polymers align FtsZ polymers for normal septum formation

(2011) Muhammet E Gündoğdu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Identification of FtsW as a transporter of lipid-linked cell wall precursors across the membrane

(2011) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

A Fail-Safe Mechanism in the Septal Ring Assembly Pathway Generated by the Sequential Recruitment of Cell Separation Amidases and Their Activators

(2011) N. T. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Reconstitution and Organization ofEscherichia coliProto-ring Elements (FtsZ and FtsA) inside Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Obtained from Bacterial Inner Membranes

(2011) Mercedes Jiménez 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

Force generation in bacteria without nucleotide-dependent bending of cytoskeletal filaments

(2011) Biplab Ghosh et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Nucleoid occlusion factor SlmA is a DNA-activated FtsZ polymerization antagonist

(2011) Hongbaek Cho 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

Evolution of reduced prokaryotic genomes and the minimal cell concept: Variations on a theme

(2010) Luis Delaye et al.   BIOESSAYS

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

(2010) Nam Ky Tonthat et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Differences in MinC/MinD Sensitivity between Polar and Internal Z Rings in Escherichia coli

(2010) B. Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multiple Interaction Domains in FtsL, a Protein Component of the Widely Conserved Bacterial FtsLBQ Cell Division Complex

(2010) M. D. Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Changes in the Min Oscillation Pattern before and after Cell Birth

(2010) J. R. Juarez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

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

The integral membrane FtsW protein and peptidoglycan synthase PBP3 form a subcomplex in Escherichia coli

(2010) C. Fraipont et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

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

Role of Escherichia coli FtsN protein in the assembly and stability of the cell division ring

(2010) Ana Isabel Rico et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Nelly Dubarry et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Bang Shen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-linking FtsZ polymers into coherent Z rings

(2010) Alex Dajkovic 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

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

FtsZ condensates: An in vitro electron microscopy study

(2009) David Popp et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Division site selection in rod-shaped bacteria

(2009) Marc Bramkamp et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Fully efficient chromosome dimer resolution in Escherichia coli cells lacking the integral membrane domain of FtsK

(2009) Nelly Dubarry et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Divisome under Construction: Distinct Domains of the Small Membrane Protein FtsB Are Necessary for Interaction with Multiple Cell Division Proteins

(2009) M. D. Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structural and Functional Model for Ionic (K+/Na+) and pH Dependence of GTPase Activity and Polymerization of FtsZ, the Prokaryotic Ortholog of Tubulin

(2009) Jesús Mendieta et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

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

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

Structural and mutational analysis of the cell division protein FtsQ

(2008) Fusinita van den Ent et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Origin of Contractile Force during Cell Division of Bacteria

(2008) Biplab Ghosh et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

Reconstitution of Contractile FtsZ Rings in Liposomes

(2008) M. Osawa et al.   SCIENCE