The division and cell wall gene cluster of Enterococcus hirae S185

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-161

  Duez, C ^a   Thamm, I ^a   Sapunaric, F ^a   Coyette, J ^a   Ghuysen, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus subfilis; cell septation; dcw gene cluster; Enterococcus hirae; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; GENE CLUSTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032413060     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179809072190     Document Type: Article

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