The MinDE system is a generic spatial cue for membrane protein distribution in vitro
The E. coli MinCDE system oscillates between cell poles to position the main division protein FtsZ. Here authors use in vitro reconstitution to show that MinDE oscillations also regulate unrelated membrane proteins spatiotemporally into patterns and gradients by forming a moving physical barrier.
Main Authors: | Beatrice Ramm, Philipp Glock, Jonas Mücksch, Philipp Blumhardt, Daniela A. García-Soriano, Michael Heymann, Petra Schwille |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06310-1 |
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