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(A) A model for how short protofilaments might be arranged to make the Z ring. The average 125-nm length is much shorter than the 3,000-nm circumference, so protofilaments would be arranged in a staggered overlap. (B) An alternative structure where the short protofilaments are proposed to anneal into one or a few long protofilaments.
