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Accession number;00A0178523
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| Title;Progressing Molecular Cell Biology in Bacteria: Chromosome Partitioning and Cell Division. |
| Author;
NIKI HIRONORI
(Kumamoto Univ., Med. Sch.)
MORIYA SHIGEKI
(Advanced Inst. Sci. and Technol., Nara)
HIRAGA SOTA
(Kumamoto Univ., Med. Sch.)
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Journal Title;Protein, Nucleic Acid and Enzyme
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Journal Code:F0325A
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ISSN:0039-9450
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VOL.45;NO.2;PAGE.153-163(2000)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.1, REF.49 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;This paper introduces recent trends of researches on the mechanisms of chromosome partitioning and cell division of bacteria. Intracellular positions of plasmid DNA molecules are determined by the partitioning mechanism of F plasmid. The behavior of chromosome partitioning in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli is elucidated. MukFEB complex and Smc homologue are proven to be involved in chromosome aggregation and partitioning. FtsZ protein is polymerized and forms contraction ring for cell division. MinC, MinD, and MinE proteins are shown to determine a division site in a cell. Recent molecular biological studies on bacteria reveal that complicated mechanisms which were not predicted before are involved with chromosome partitioning and cell division processes in bacteria. |
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