Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Microbiology

A beacon for bacterial tubulin

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

The protein FtsZ forms a ring structure that constricts to allow bacterial cells to divide. A second protein, MapZ, has now been found to guide FtsZ to the correct mid-cell position in the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. See Letter p.259

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Division-site selection in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

References

  1. Fleurie, A. et al. Nature 516, 259–262 (2014).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Adams, D. W. & Errington, J. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 7, 642–653 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. de Boer, P. A. J. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 13, 730–737 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Lutkenhaus, J. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 76, 539–562 (2007).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Rodrigues, C. D. A. & Harry, E. J. PLoS Genet. 8, e1002561 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Bailey, M. W., Bisicchia, P., Warren. B. T., Sherratt, D. J. & Männik, J. PLoS Genet. 10, e1004504 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Monahan, L. G., Liew, A. T. F., Bottomley, A. L. & Harry, E. J. Front. Microbiol. 5, 19 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Pinho, M. G., Kjos, M. & Veening, J.-W. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 11, 601–614 (2013).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Beilharz, K. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 109, E905–E913 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Turner, R. D., Vollmer, W. & Foster, S. J. Mol. Microbiol. 91, 862–874 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Elizabeth J. Harry is at the ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia.,

    Elizabeth J. Harry

Authors
  1. Elizabeth J. Harry
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Elizabeth J. Harry.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Harry, E. A beacon for bacterial tubulin. Nature 516, 175–176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14071

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14071

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation