FtsZ dynamics during the division cycle of live Escherichia coli cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2050-2056

  Sun, Qin ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031924531     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2050-2056.1998     Document Type: Article

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