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Medical Definition of FtsZ

1. Filamentous temperature sensitive gene from E. Coli, the product of which is a novel GTP-binding protein (43 kD) that may be involved in signalling. The protein has GTPase activity and is widely distributed in bacterial species. Nature 359: 251 This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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