Two bases in the non-template strand of the –10 element (A11 and T7) flip out from their base-stacking interactions and instead insert into pockets within the s protein where they make more favorable interactions

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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. 

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he gene ftsZ plays a central role in division. Mutations in ftsZ block septum formation and generate filaments.

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FtsZ functions at an early stage of septum formation. Early in the division cycle, FtsZ is localized throughout the cytoplasm, but prior to cell division.

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FtsZ is a GTPase that forms a ring on the inside of the bacterial envelope. It is connected to other cytoskeletal components.

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The structme of FtsZ resembles tubulin,

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wo other proteins needed for division, ZipA and FtsA.