MinCD proteins control the septation process during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 5327-5333

  Barák, Imrich ^a   Prepiak, Peter ^a   Schmeisser, Falko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031706555     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.20.5327-5333.1998     Document Type: Article

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