Identification of an essential Caulobacter crescentus gene encoding a member of the Obg family of GTP-binding proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6426-6431

  Maddock, Janine ^a   Bhatt, Amit ^a   Koch, Michael ^a   Skidmore, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL GROWTH; DNA REPLICATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0030744909     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6426-6431.1997     Document Type: Article

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