Visualizing multiple constrictions in spheroidal Escherichia coli cells

Biochimie

Volumn 81, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 897-900

  Zaritsky, Arieh ^a   Van Geel, Anton ^b   Fishov, Itzhak ^a   Pas, Evelien ^b   Einav, Monica ^a   Woldringh, Conrad L ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Institute for Molecular Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Division planes; Fluorescent microscopy; FtsZ rings and arcs; Mecillinam; Rate of cell division; Thymine limitation

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYMINE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; SPHEROID CELL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032749690     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)00206-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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