Bacterial shape

Unfortunately, three typographical errors were introduced into the ‘Note added in proof’ of the article by Young published in Molecular Microbiology volume 49, number 3 on pp. 571–580. The corrected version is reproduced here.

Note added in proof

While this review was in press, Shih et al. reported that the MinCDE proteins also form distinct spiral structures within the cytoplasm of E. coli (Shih, Y.-L, Le, T., and Rothfield, L., 2003, Proc Nat Acad Sci USA100: 7865–7870). The Min spirals differ from those formed by MreB and are dynamic, oscillating from pole to pole within the cell. The same considerations apply to these spirals as discussed in the text regarding the use of other proteins as internal scaffolds.