Ordered expression of ftsQA and ftsZ during the Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-434

  Sackett, Marcella J ^a   Kelly, Aaron J ^b   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031959650     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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