Characterization of the ftsZ cell division gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Expression in Escherichia coli and N. gonorrhoeae

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-20

  Salimnia, Hossein ^a   Radia, Avni ^a   Bernatchez, Stéphane ^a   Beveridge, T J ^b   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cell division; Cloning; Expression; FtsZ; Green fluorescent protein; Localization; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA SICCA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033958463     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050002     Document Type: Article

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