Peptidoglycan architecture can specify division planes in Staphylococcus aureus

Robert D. Turner, Emma C. Ratcliffe, Richard Wheeler, Ramin Golestanian, Jamie K. Hobbs and Simon J. Foster ()
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Robert D. Turner: Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Emma C. Ratcliffe: Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Richard Wheeler: Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Ramin Golestanian: Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Jamie K. Hobbs: Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Simon J. Foster: Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.

Nature Communications, 2010, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: To ensure correct cell division Staphylococci must remember which plane they previously divided along, but the mechanism by which this is achieved is unclear. In this article, using atomic force microscopy, peptidoglycan ribs are reported to mark previous planes of division.

Date: 2010
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