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Site minB
- Name: minB
- Type: Operon
- Mnemonic: Minicell
- Left End Point: 26.37
- Right End Point: 26.41
- SubSites:
minC minD minE - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment affects cell division/growth NULL - Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
minB-2 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank J03153 - Comment:
- septum formation. mutants have aberrant placement of the septum; anucleate minicells and multinucleate filaments
- References:
- Schaumberg, T.H., P. Kuempel 1983. Genetic mapping of the minB locus in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 153:1063-1065
- Davie, E., K. Sydnor, L.I. Rothfield 1984. Genetic basis of minicell formation in Escherichia coli K-12. (Erratum 160:831). J.Bacteriol. 158:1202-1203
- de Boer, P.A., R.E. Crossley, L.I. Rothfield 1988. Isolation and properties of minB, a complex genetic locus involved in correct placement of the division site in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 170:2106-2112
- de Boer, P.A., R.E. Crossley, L.I. Rothfield 1989. A division inhibitor and a topological specificity factor coded for by the minicell locus determine proper placement of the division septum in E. coli. Cell 56:641-649
- Bi, E., J. Lutkenhaus 1990. Interaction between the min locus and ftsZ. J.Bacteriol. 172:5610-5616
- de Boer, P.A., R.E. Crossley, L.I. Rothfield 1990. Central role for the Escherichia coli minC gene product in two different cell division-inhibition systems. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 87:1129-1133
- Dassain, M., J.P. Bouche' 1994. The min locus, which confers topological specificity to cell division, is not involved in its coupling with nucleoid separation. J.Bacteriol. 176:6143-6145