Analysis of FtsZ assembly by light scattering and determination of the role of divalent metal cations

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 823-832

  Mukherjee, Amit ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM; METAL ION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032916717     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.823-832.1999     Document Type: Article

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