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

The Min system

• divIVA
• minC
• minD
• minJ

Other genes

• disA
• divIB
• divIC
• divIVA
• dynA
• ezrA
• ftsA
• ftsH
• ftsL
• ftsW
• ftsZ
• gpsB
• maf
• mciZ
• noc
• plsX
• racA
• rasP
• refZ
• sepF
• spoVG
• ugtP
• walJ
• yneA
• yvcL
• zapA

Additional candidates (based on similarity)

• yjoB

Important Reviews

Leigh G Monahan, Andrew T F Liew, Amy L Bottomley, Elizabeth J Harry
Division site positioning in bacteria: one size does not fit all.
Front Microbiol: 2014, 5;19
[PubMed:24550892] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Mariana G Pinho, Morten Kjos, Jan-Willem Veening
How to get (a)round: mechanisms controlling growth and division of coccoid bacteria.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2013, 11(9);601-14
[PubMed:23949602] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Orietta Massidda, Linda Nováková, Waldemar Vollmer
From models to pathogens: how much have we learned about Streptococcus pneumoniae cell division?
Environ Microbiol: 2013, 15(12);3133-57
[PubMed:23848140] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

L G Monahan, E J Harry
Identifying how bacterial cells find their middle: a new perspective.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 87(2);231-4
[PubMed:23190137] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

An-Chun Chien, Norbert S Hill, Petra Anne Levin
Cell size control in bacteria.
Curr Biol: 2012, 22(9);R340-9
[PubMed:22575476] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Matthew T Cabeen, Christine Jacobs-Wagner
The bacterial cytoskeleton.
Annu Rev Genet: 2010, 44;365-92
[PubMed:21047262] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)