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Segrosome — Segrosomes are protein complexes that ensure accurate segregation (partitioning) of plasmids or chromosomes during bacterial cell division.Just as higher forms of life have evolved a complex mitotic apparatus to partition duplicated DNA during… … Wikipedia
Plasmid — Figure 1: Illustration of a bacterium with plasmid enclosed showing chromosomal DNA and plasmids. In microbiology and genetics, a plasmid is a DNA molecule that is separate from, and can replicate independently of, the chromosomal DNA … Wikipedia
FtsZ — is a protein encoded by the ftsZ gene that assembles into a ring at the future site of the septum of bacterial cell division. FtsZ, named after filamenting temperature sensitivemutant Z, is a prokaryotic homologue to the eukaryotic protein… … Wikipedia
