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SUBMITTER: Zhang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2691406 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Min M Hu Yong Y Jia Jingjing J Gao Hongbo H He Yikun Y
BMC microbiology 20090520
<h4>Background</h4>In E. coli, the Min operon (MinCDE) plays a key role in determining the site of cell division. MinE oscillates from the middle to one pole or another to drive the MinCD complex to the end of the cell. The MinCD complex prevents FtsZ ring formation and the subsequent cell division at cell ends. In Arabidopsis thaliana, a homologue of MinD has been shown to be involved in the positioning of chloroplast division site.<h4>Results</h4>To learn whether the MinD homologue in plants i ...[more]