Characterization of ftsZ, the cell division gene of Buchnera aphidicola (Endosymbiont of Aphids) and detection of the product

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Baumann, Linda ^a   Baumann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

APHID; ARTICLE; BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

APHIDIDAE; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM;

EID: 0031908876     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900284     Document Type: Article

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