Topological characterization of the essential Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsN

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1328-1334

  Dai, Kang ^a,b   Xu, Yifan ^a,b   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

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

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029863071     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1328-1334.1996     Document Type: Article

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