FtsZ-spirals and -arcs determine the shape of the invaginating septa in some mutants of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Addinall, Stephen G ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029806478     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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