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J Bacteriol, February 1998, p. 881-884, Vol. 180, No. 4
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Roles of FtsA and FtsZ in Activation of Division Sites

Ken Begg, Yevgeny Nikolaichik, Nicola Crossland, and William D. Donachie^*

Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland

Received 3 September 1997/Accepted 13 December 1997

Increasing FtsZ induces the formation of minicells at cell poles but does not increase the frequency or timing of central divisions. A coordinate increase in both FtsZ and FtsA, however, increases the frequency of both polar and central divisions.

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^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Darwin Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland. Phone: 44 131 650 5354. Fax: 44 131 650 8650. E-mail: William.Donachie{at}ed.ac.uk.

Present address: Department of Microbiology, Belarusian State University, Minsk 220080, Belarus.

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