FtsI and FtsW are localized to the septum in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2810-2816

  Wang, Lilin ^a   Khattar, Medhat K ^b   Donachie, W D ^b   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUZLOCILLIN; ISOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0032453738     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2810-2816.1998     Document Type: Article

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