Two polypeptide products of the Escherichia coli cell division gene ftsW and a possible role for ftsW in ftsZ function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 784-793

  Khattar, Medhat M ^a   Addinall, Stephen G ^b   Stedul, Kristina H ^a,c   Boyle, David S ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^b   Donachie, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031016478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.784-793.1997     Document Type: Article

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