Dominant C-terminal deletions of FtsZ that affect its ability to localize in Caulobacter and its interaction with FtsA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1051-1063

  Din, Neena ^a   Quardokus, Ellen M ^a   Sackett, Marcella J ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031780597     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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