Biophysics of bacterial cell division: Closing the ring

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

How bacterial cells divide in two is not fully understood. Physicists now show that, at high concentrations, a crucial protein can assemble into ring-shaped filaments that constrict the cell, giving rise to two daughter cells.

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