The MinE ring: An FtsZ-independent cell structure required for selection of the correct division site in E. coli

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 685-694

  Raskin, David M ^a   De Boer, Piet A J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030780085     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80455-9     Document Type: Article

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