The bacterial cell division protein FtsZ forms rings in swarmer cells of Proteus mirabilis

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作者：
Masatoshi Fujihara
Daisuke Kondoh
Ryô Harasawa
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[1] Iwate University,Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture
[2] Gifu University,The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science
[3] Iwate University,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture
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Annals of Microbiology | 2013年 / 63卷
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FtsZ assembly; Immunostaining; Swarmer cell;
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Bacterial FtsZ assembles and constricts after chromosomal segregation in the course of cell division. Here we examined the localization of FtsZ in multinucleated swarmer cells of Proteus mirabilis by immunostaining. FtsZ was found to localize to the point of karyomitosis in swarmer cells of P. mirabilis, which is equivalent to filamentous mutants of Escherichia coli defective in the ftsI or ftsQ genes that are involved in later steps of cell division. Thus our findings suggest that the appearance of swarmer cells results from cellular functions immediately after FtsZ assembly.
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