Roles of FtsA and FtsZ in activation of division sites

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 881-884

  Begg, Ken ^a   Nikolaichik, Yevgeny ^a,b   Crossland, Nicola ^a   Donachie, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031907838     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.4.881-884.1998     Document Type: Article

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