FtsZ dimerization in vivo

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-274

  Di Lallo, G ^a   Anderluzzi, D ^b   Ghelardini, P ^c   Paolozzi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BIOASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032898670     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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