The ftsZ gene of Haloferax mediterranei: Sequence, conserved gene order, and visualization of the FtsZ ring

Gene

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 357-367

  Poplawski, Andrzej ^a   Gullbrand, Björn ^a   Bernander, Rolf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell division; ftsZ; FtsZ ring; Gene order; Immunostaining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033985478     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00517-X     Document Type: Article

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