Developmental regulation of the cell division protein FtsZ in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, a cyanobacterium capable of terminal differentiation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4640-4643

  Kuhn, Isabelle ^a   Peng, Ling ^b   Bedu, Sylvie ^b   Zhang, Cheng Cai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033886525     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4640-4643.2000     Document Type: Article

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