Analysis of the length distribution of murein glycan strands in ftsZ and ftsI mutants of E. coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Ishidate, Kohei ^a   Ursinus, A ^b   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^b   Rothfield, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell division; E. coli; Murein

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0032213830     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00421-2     Document Type: Article

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