Polar localization of the MinD protein of Bacillus subtilis and its role in selection of the mid-cell division site

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3419-3430

  Marston, Adele L ^a   Thomaides, Helena B ^a   Edwards, David H ^a,b   Sharpe, Michaela E ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell division; Cytokinesis; DivIVA; MinD

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINESIS; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032213104     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.21.3419     Document Type: Article

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