Selection of the midcell division site in Bacillus subtilis through MinD-dependent polar localization and activation of MinC

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 84-96

  Marston, Adele L ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; GENE MUTATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032973292     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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