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SUBMITTER: Lan G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2629247 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lan Ganhui G Daniels Brian R BR Dobrowsky Terrence M TM Wirtz Denis D Sun Sean X SX
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20081230 1
Forces are important in biological systems for accomplishing key cell functions, such as motility, organelle transport, and cell division. Currently, known force generation mechanisms typically involve motor proteins. In bacterial cells, no known motor proteins are involved in cell division. Instead, a division ring (Z-ring) consists of mostly FtsZ, FtsA, and ZipA is used to exerting a contractile force. The mechanism of force generation in bacterial cell division is unknown. Using computational ...[more]