@article{1982,
  abstract     = {In the bacterium Escherichia coli, the Min proteins oscillate between the cell poles to select the cell center as division site. This dynamic pattern has been proposed to arise by self-organization of these proteins, and several models have suggested a reaction-diffusion type mechanism. Here, we found that the Min proteins spontaneously formed planar surface waves on a flat membrane in vitro. The formation and maintenance of these patterns, which extended for hundreds of micrometers, required adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP), and they persisted for hours. We present a reaction-diffusion model of the MinD and MinE dynamics that accounts for our experimental observations and also captures the in vivo oscillations.},
  author       = {Martin Loose and Fischer-Friedrich, Elisabeth and Ries, Jonas  and Kruse, Karsten and Schwille, Petra },
  journal      = {Science},
  number       = {5877},
  pages        = {789 -- 792},
  publisher    = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
  title        = {{Spatial regulators for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves in vitro}},
  doi          = {10.1126/science.1154413},
  volume       = {320},
  year         = {2008},
}