The assembly and migration of SeqA-Gfp fusion in living cells of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1775-1782

  Onogi, Toshinari ^a   Niki, Hironori ^a   Yamazoe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Hiraga, Sota ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033030083     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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