The FtsZ protein is not located on outer plastid dividing rings

Cytologia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-342

  Kuroiwa, T ^a   Takahara, M ^a   Miyagishima, S ^a   Ohashi, Y ^b   Kawamura, F ^b   Kuroiwa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contractile ring; FtsZ; Mitochondrial division; Organelle division; Organellokinesis; Plastid division

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032694651     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.64.333     Document Type: Article

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