The Bacillus subtilis DivIVA protein targets to the division septum and controls the site specificity of cell division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 905-915

  Edwards, David H ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030876575     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3811764.x     Document Type: Article

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