Mutations in cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA inhibit φX174 protein-E-mediated lysis of Escherichia coli

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Witte, Angela ^a   Brand, Edith ^a   Mayrhofer, Peter ^a   Narendja, Frank ^a   Lubitz, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

X174; Cell division; Escherichia coli; FtsA; FtsZ; Lysis protein E

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SULA;

EID: 0031683090     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050641     Document Type: Article

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