Regulation of Escherichia coli cell division genes ftsA and ftsZ by the two-component system rcsC-rcsB

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 442-450

  Carballès, Fabrice ^a   Bertrand, Claire ^a   Bouché, Jean Pierre ^a   Cam, Kaymeuang ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032732086     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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