FisB mediates membrane fission during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis
Doan T, Coleman J, Marquis KA, Meeske AJ, Burton BM, Karatekin E, Rudner DZ. FisB mediates membrane fission during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Genes & Development 2013, 27: 322-334. PMID: 23388828, PMCID: PMC3576517, DOI: 10.1101/gad.209049.112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother cell membraneMembrane fissionPhagocytic-like processBacillus subtilisLarger mother cellProkaryotic cell biologyMother cell cytoplasmCell membraneSmaller foresporeSite of fissionFission machineryMembrane topologyMembrane remodelingExtracytoplasmic domainMother cellsFission proteinsSpore formationCell biologySporulating cellsForesporeFisBCell cytoplasmRemarkable specificityOutstanding questionsSubtilis