FtsK is an essential cell division protein that is localized to the septum and induced as part of the SOS response

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 731-740

  Wang, Lilin ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOMYCIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; REC A RECOMBINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031949032     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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