Lawrence Rothfield

A division inhibitor and a topological specificity factor coded for by the minicell locus determine proper placement of the division septum in E. coli

Piet A. J. de Boer, R.E. Crossley, Lawrence Rothfield · Cell · 1989 · 794 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

The essential bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ is a GTPase

Piet A. J. de Boer, R.E. Crossley, Lawrence Rothfield · Nature · 1992 · 561 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +8

Division site selection in <i>Escherichia coli</i> involves dynamic redistribution of Min proteins within coiled structures that extend between the two cell poles

Yu‐Ling Shih, Trung Thiên Lê, Lawrence Rothfield · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 350 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +17

The MinD protein is a membrane ATPase required for the correct placement of the Escherichia coli division site.

Piet A. J. de Boer, R.E. Crossley, Arthur R. Hand et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1991 · 319 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +6

Membrane localization of MinD is mediated by a C-terminal motif that is conserved across eubacteria, archaea, and chloroplasts

Tim H. Szeto, Susan Rowland, Lawrence Rothfield et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 253 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17