Stability of the Escherichia coli division inhibitor protein MinC requires determinants in the carboxy-terminal region of the protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-177

  Sen, Mita ^a,b   Rothfield, Lawrence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MIN C; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

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

EID: 0031973658     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.175-177.1998     Document Type: Article

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