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Bacterial Cell Division

Bacterial Cell Division is a biological process in which a bacterial cell undergoes precise spatial and temporal coordination of molecular machinery to generate two daughter cells through septation, distinguishing it from other cellular processes by its reliance on the FtsZ-based divisome complex and its occurrence in prokaryotic organisms lacking a nucleus.

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FtsZ ring structure associated with division in Escherichia coli

Erfei Bi, Joe Lutkenhaus · Nature · 1991 · 1.5K citations

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Chromosome replication and the division cycle of Escherichia coli

Stephen Cooper, Charles E. Helmstetter · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1968 · 1.2K citations

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Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ

Jan Löwe, Linda Amos · Nature · 1998 · 910 citations

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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

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Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell

Robert J. Nichols, Śaunak Sen, Yoe Jin Choo et al. · Cell · 2010 · 754 citations · Full text

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  1. JL
    Joe Lutkenhaus

    University of Kansas Medical Center, United States

    53 publications · 9.1K citations

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    Jeff Errington

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    44 publications · 5.4K citations

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    William Margolin

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States

    48 publications · 4.5K citations

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    Miguel Vicente

    Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Spain

    35 publications · 2.6K citations

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    W. Donachie

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 2.2K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    60 h-index

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    53 h-index

    405 publications

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  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    46 h-index

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  4. University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, United States

    44 h-index

    114 publications

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  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    40 h-index

    130 publications

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  6. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    155 publications

    15K citations

  7. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    32 h-index

    108 publications

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  8. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

    Madrid, Spain

    32 h-index

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  1. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 448 publications · 31.8K citations

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  2. Molecular Microbiology

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 114 publications · 17K citations

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  4. Nature Communications

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    JBC · 48 publications · 3.2K citations

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