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 …

The FtsZ protein is a highly conserved bacterial tubulin homolog. In vivo, the functional form
of FtsZ is the polymeric, ring-like structure (Z-ring) assembled at the future division site …

Bacterial cytokinesis is accomplished by the essential 'divisome'machinery. The most widely
conserved divisome component, FtsZ, is a tubulin homolog that polymerizes into the 'FtsZ …

Bacterial cell division is initiated by the midcell assembly of polymers of the tubulin-like
GTPase FtsZ. The FtsZ ring (Z-ring) is a discontinuous structure made of dynamic patches of …

Animal guts are often colonized by host-specialized bacterial species to the exclusion of
other transient microorganisms, but the genetic basis of colonization ability is largely …

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 …

Decades of research, much of it in Escherichia coli, have yielded a wealth of insight into
bacterial cell division. Here, we provide an overview of the E. coli division machinery with an …

The prokaryotic tubulin homolog, FtsZ, forms a ring-like structure (FtsZ-ring) at midcell. The
FtsZ-ring establishes the division plane and enables the assembly of the macromolecular …

Bacterial proliferation depends on the cells' capability to proceed through consecutive
rounds of the cell cycle. The cell cycle consists of a series of events during which cells grow …

This investigation delves into elucidating the mechanism by which resveratrol (Res), a
natural polyterpenoid renowned for its antimicrobial properties, exerts its effects on …