Regulation of transcription of cell division genes in the Eschericia coli dcw cluster

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-324

  Vicente, M ^a   Gomez, M J ^b   Ayala, J A ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division; dcw cluster; Escherichia coli; ftsA; ftsQ; ftsZ; Gearbox promoter; Regulation

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION;

CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, CDC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031895073     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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