The ability to split one cell into two is fundamental to all life, and many bacteria can
accomplish this feat several times per hour with high accuracy. Most bacteria call on an …

Bacteria must divide to increase in number and colonize their niche. Binary fission is the
most widespread means of bacterial cell division, but even this relatively simple mechanism …

Despite the great importance of membrane proteins, structural and functional studies of
these proteins present major challenges. A significant hurdle is the extraction of the …

Membrane constriction is a prerequisite for cell division. The most common membrane
constriction system in prokaryotes is based on the tubulin homologue FtsZ, whose filaments …

Lipid membranes in cells are fluid structures that undergo constant synthesis, remodeling,
fission, and fusion. The dynamic nature of lipid membranes enables their use as adaptive …

The Min biochemical network regulates bacterial cell division and is a prototypical example
of self-organizing molecular systems. Cell-free assays relying on purified proteins have …

FtsZ, a GTPase distributed in the cytoplasm of most bacteria, is the major component of the
machinery responsible for division (the divisome) in Escherichia coli. It interacts with …

FtsZ, the primary protein of the bacterial Z ring guiding cell division, has been recently
shown to engage in intriguing treadmilling dynamics along the circumference of the division …

Biological characterisation of membrane proteins lags behind that of soluble proteins. This
reflects issues with the traditional use of detergents for extraction, as the surrounding lipids …

The rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli multiplies by elongation followed
by binary fission. Longitudinal growth of the cell envelope and synthesis of the new poles …