During initial transcription, the polymerase remains stationary on the promoter, unwinds downstream DNA, and pulls that DNA into itself

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RodA is a member of the SEDS (shape, elongation, division, and sporulation) family present in all bacteria that have a peptidoglycan cell wall.

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fts mutants form long filaments because the septum that divides the daughter bacteria fails to form.

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Minicells form in mutants that produce too many septa; they are small and lack DNA.  

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Anucleate cells of normal size are generated by partition mutants, in which the duplicate chromosomes fail to separate.

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Long filaments form when septum formation is inhibited, but chromosome replication is unaffected.

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Minicells form when septum formation occurs too frequently or in the wrong place, with the result that one of the new daughter cells lacks a chromosome.