Mutations in the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ highlight the role of GTP binding and longitudinal subunit interactions in assembly and function

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Protein Function, Cell Division, Microbiology +4

Thermosensitive Mutants of E. coli Affected in the Processes of DNA Synthesis and Cellular Division

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Division Cycle, Molecular Biology, Cell Cycle +22

Escherichia coli cell-division gene ftsZ encodes a novel GTP-binding protein

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Protein Expression, Medicine, Natural Sciences +7

A widely conserved bacterial cell division protein that promotes assembly of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ

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Tubulin-like Protein Ftsz, Z Ring, Bacteriology +18

Localization of FtsI (PBP3) to the Septal Ring Requires Its Membrane Anchor, the Z Ring, FtsA, FtsQ, and FtsL

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