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Title

Cellular microbiology: All aboard the cell-wall shuttle.

Authors

Molloy, Sheilagh

Abstract

The article examines the role of EzrA on the cell elongation of a bacillus subtilis. A study suggests that strong reproducible interactions between gspB and EzrA were observed in cell division and morphogenesis. Also, the same interactions were observed between gpsB and EzrA, and between them is two proteins including MreC and penicillin-binding protein 1 (PBP1). It concludes that in bacillus subtilis, the switch between cell elongation and cell division is controlled by PBP1 that requires EzrA.

Subjects

BACILLUS subtilis; CELL proliferation; CELL division; MORPHOGENESIS; CARRIER proteins; MEDICAL research

Publication

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 6, p414

ISSN

1740-1526

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/nrmicro1924