Characterization of the ftsH gene of Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 971-978

  Lysenko, Elena ^a   Ogura, Teru ^b   Cutting, Simon M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAA protein family; B. subtilis; Cell cycle; FtsH; Protease

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030978686     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-971     Document Type: Article

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