Localization and function of early cell division proteins in filamentous Escherichia coli cells lacking phosphatidylethanolamine

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4252-4257

  Mileykovskaya, Eugenia ^a   Sun, Qin ^a   Margolin, William ^a   Dowhan, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031856847     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4252-4257.1998     Document Type: Article

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