A new essential gene of the 'minimal genome' affecting cell division

Biochimie

Volumn 81, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 889-895

  Dassain, Monique ^a   Leroy, Anne ^a   Colosetti, Laurence ^a   Carolé, Sandra ^a   Bouché, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a 31062   (France)

Author keywords

Cell division; Checkpoints; FtsZ; Genomics; GTPase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032752483     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)00207-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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