Septal localization of FtsQ, an essential cell division protein in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 521-530

  Chen, Joseph C ^a   Weiss, David S ^a,b   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^a,c   Beckwith, Jon ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032953197     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.521-530.1999     Document Type: Article

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