The regulation of bacterial cell division: A time and place for it

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 210-215

  Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032035099     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80013-1     Document Type: Article

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