Temperature shift experiments with an ftsZ84(Ts) strain reveal rapid dynamics of FtsZ localization and indicate that the Z ring is required throughout septation and cannot reoccupy division sites once constriction has initiated

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4277-4284

  Addinall, Stephen G ^a   Cao, Chune ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030837787     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4277-4284.1997     Document Type: Article

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