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ArticlemBio2021

Dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis Min System.

Helge Feddersen, Laeschkir Würthner, Erwin Frey, Marc Bramkamp

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Helge FeddersenInstitute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Laeschkir WürthnerArnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Erwin FreyArnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Marc BramkampInstitute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany bramkamp@ifam.uni-kiel.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7704-3266

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Division site selection is a vital process to ensure generation of viable offspring. In many rod-shaped bacteria, a dynamic protein system, termed the Min system, acts as a central regulator of division site placement. The Min system is best studied in

Indexed as

Cell DivisionBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsModels, TheoreticalBacterial ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsMinC protein, BacteriaB. subtiliscell divisionFRAPMin systemPALMprotein patternsreaction diffusion equationssuper resolution microscopy

Identifiers

PMID33849976
PMCPMC8092234

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