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. Membrane dynamics 1.1.7. 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

Martin Thanbichler
Synchronization of chromosome dynamics and cell division in bacteria.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol: 2010, 2(1);a000331
[PubMed:20182599] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Marc Bramkamp, Suey van Baarle
Division site selection in rod-shaped bacteria.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2009, 12(6);683-8
[PubMed:19884039] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Daniel P Haeusser, Petra Anne Levin
The great divide: coordinating cell cycle events during bacterial growth and division.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2008, 11(2);94-9
[PubMed:18396093] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Imrich Barák, Anthony J Wilkinson
Division site recognition in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2007, 31(3);311-26
[PubMed:17326815] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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)

Thomas Kruse, Kenn Gerdes
Bacterial DNA segregation by the actin-like MreB protein.
Trends Cell Biol: 2005, 15(7);343-5
[PubMed:15922599] [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)