Genetic and functional analyses of the conserved C-terminal core domain of Escherichia coli FtsZ

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7531-7544

  Ma, Xiaolan ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032786248     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7531-7544.1999     Document Type: Article

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