---
_id: '1982'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 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.
acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by the Max-Planck-Society (M.L., P.S., E.F.). '
author:
- first_name: Martin
  full_name: Martin Loose
  id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Loose
  orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724
- first_name: Elisabeth
  full_name: Fischer-Friedrich, Elisabeth
  last_name: Fischer Friedrich
- first_name: Jonas
  full_name: 'Ries, Jonas '
  last_name: Ries
- first_name: Karsten
  full_name: Kruse, Karsten
  last_name: Kruse
- first_name: Petra
  full_name: 'Schwille, Petra '
  last_name: Schwille
citation:
  ama: Loose M, Fischer Friedrich E, Ries J, Kruse K, Schwille P. Spatial regulators
    for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves in vitro. <i>Science</i>.
    2008;320(5877):789-792. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154413">10.1126/science.1154413</a>
  apa: Loose, M., Fischer Friedrich, E., Ries, J., Kruse, K., &#38; Schwille, P. (2008).
    Spatial regulators for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves
    in vitro. <i>Science</i>. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154413">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154413</a>
  chicago: Loose, Martin, Elisabeth Fischer Friedrich, Jonas Ries, Karsten Kruse,
    and Petra Schwille. “Spatial Regulators for Bacterial Cell Division Self-Organize
    into Surface Waves in Vitro.” <i>Science</i>. American Association for the Advancement
    of Science, 2008. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154413">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154413</a>.
  ieee: M. Loose, E. Fischer Friedrich, J. Ries, K. Kruse, and P. Schwille, “Spatial
    regulators for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves in vitro,”
    <i>Science</i>, vol. 320, no. 5877. American Association for the Advancement of
    Science, pp. 789–792, 2008.
  ista: Loose M, Fischer Friedrich E, Ries J, Kruse K, Schwille P. 2008. Spatial regulators
    for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves in vitro. Science.
    320(5877), 789–792.
  mla: Loose, Martin, et al. “Spatial Regulators for Bacterial Cell Division Self-Organize
    into Surface Waves in Vitro.” <i>Science</i>, vol. 320, no. 5877, American Association
    for the Advancement of Science, 2008, pp. 789–92, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154413">10.1126/science.1154413</a>.
  short: M. Loose, E. Fischer Friedrich, J. Ries, K. Kruse, P. Schwille, Science 320
    (2008) 789–792.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:55:02Z
date_published: 2008-05-09T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:54:30Z
day: '09'
doi: 10.1126/science.1154413
extern: 1
intvolume: '       320'
issue: '5877'
month: '05'
page: 789 - 792
publication: Science
publication_status: published
publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
publist_id: '5101'
quality_controlled: 0
status: public
title: Spatial regulators for bacterial cell division self-organize into surface waves
  in vitro
type: journal_article
volume: 320
year: '2008'
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