Cell division

Parent categories	1. Cellular processes 1.1. Cell wall and cell division
Neighbouring categories	1.1.1. Cell wall synthesis 1.1.2. Cell shape 1.1.3. Cell wall degradation/ turnover 1.1.4. Capsule biosynthesis and degradation 1.1.5. Cell wall/ other 1.1.6. Cell division
Related categories	none
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

• disA
• divIB
• divIC
• divIVA
• ezrA
• ftsA
• ftsH
• ftsL
• ftsW
• ftsZ
• gpsB
• maf
• mciZ
• minC
• minD
• minJ
• noc
• racA
• rasP
• sepF
• spoVG
• ugtP
• walJ
• yneA
• zapA

Additional candidates (based on similarity)

• yjoB

Important Reviews

Nathan W Goehring, Jon Beckwith
Diverse paths to midcell: assembly of the bacterial cell division machinery.
Curr Biol: 2005, 15(13);R514-26
[PubMed:16005287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jeffery Errington, Richard A Daniel, Dirk-Jan Scheffers
Cytokinesis in bacteria.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2003, 67(1);52-65, table of contents
[PubMed:12626683] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Lucy Shapiro, Harley H McAdams, Richard Losick
Generating and exploiting polarity in bacteria.
Science: 2002, 298(5600);1942-6
[PubMed:12471245] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)