A promoter for the first nine genes of the Escherichia coli mra cluster of cell division and cell envelope biosynthesis genes, including ftsI and ftsW

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5802-5811

  Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Yasuda, Seiichi ^a   Horiuchi, Kensuke ^a,c   Park, James T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030883565     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5802-5811.1997     Document Type: Article

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