ftsW is an essential cell-division gene in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1263-1273

  Boyle, David S ^a   Khattar, Medhat M ^a   Addinall, Stephen G ^b,c   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^b   Donachie, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030847009     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4091773.x     Document Type: Article

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