Isolation of an ftsZ homolog from the archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium: Implications for the evolution of FtsZ and tubulin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1320-1327

  Margolin, William ^a   Wang, Richard ^a,b   Kumar, Madhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; GENE ISOLATION; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0029864056     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1320-1327.1996     Document Type: Article

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