Components assemble around a selected site, coordinate membrane constriction and build the new cell-envelope boundary. FtsZ helps organize that machinery in many bacteria. A division defect can therefore arise from faulty placement, assembly or envelope synthesis. [ref]
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition by Bruce Alberts and others. Chapters 12, 18 and 19, compartments, division and cell junctions
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