FtsN, a late recruit to the septum in Escherichia coil

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-309

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030856502     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4641833.x     Document Type: Article

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