Interactions between heterologous FtsA and FtsZ proteins at the FtsZ ring

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6788-6797

  Ma, Xiaolan ^a   Sun, Qin ^a   Wang, Richard ^a,b   Singh, Gopal ^a,c   Jonietz, Erika L ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030681278     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6788-6797.1997     Document Type: Article

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