Analysis of the interaction of FtsZ with itself, GTP, and FtsA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5551-5559

  Wang, Xunde ^a   Huang, Jian ^a,b   Mukherjee, Amit ^a   Cao, Chune ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030931117     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5551-5559.1997     Document Type: Article

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