Localization of FtsL to the Escherichia coli septal ring

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 725-737

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

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0032957011     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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