MinDE-dependent pole-to-pole oscillation of division

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6419-6424

  Raskin, David M ^a   De Boer, Piet A J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN MIN C; PROTEIN MIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032743092     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6419-6424.1999     Document Type: Article

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