Polarized Cell Division of Chlamydia trachomatis

Bacterial cell division predominantly occurs by a highly conserved process, termed binary fission, that requires the bacterial homologue of tubulin, FtsZ. Other mechanisms of bacterial cell division that are independent of FtsZ are rare. Although the obligate intracellular human pathogen Chlamydia t...

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Main Authors: Abdelrahman, Yasser, Ouellette, Scot P., Belland, Robert J., Cox, John V.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978491/