Timing of FtsZ assembly in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5167-5175

  Blaauwen, Tanneke Den ^a,c   Buddelmeijer, Nienke ^b,c   Aarsman, Mirjam E G ^c   Hameete, Cor M ^c   Nanninga, Nanne ^c  

^a Institute for Molecular Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032835979     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5167-5175.1999     Document Type: Article

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