Toward Spatially Regulated Division of Protocells: Insights into the E. coli Min System from in Vitro Studies

Toward Spatially Regulated Division of Protocells: Insights into the E. coli Min System from in Vitro Studies

For reconstruction of controlled cell division in a minimal cell model, or protocell, a positioning mechanism that spatially regulates division is indispensable. In Escherichia coli, the Min proteins oscillate from pole to pole to determine the division site by inhibition of the primary divisome pro...

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Main Authors: Simon Kretschmer, Petra Schwille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
protocell
bottom-up synthetic biology
cell division
Min proteins
membranes
self-organization
pattern formation
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/4/915

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