Self-organisation of mortal filaments: the role of FtsZ treadmilling in bacterial division ring formation
C. Vanhille Campos, K. D. Whitley, P. Radler, M. Loose, S. Holden, A. Saric
The paper shows that FtsZ treadmilling drives nematic ordering in bacterial cells, enabling division ring formation through local dissolution of misaligned filaments.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2023 · PreprintBiophysics