The FtsH protein accumulates at the septum of Bacillus subtilis during cell division and sporulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3870-3873

  Wehrl, Wolfgang ^a   Niederweis, Michael ^b   Schumann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034047383     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3870-3873.2000     Document Type: Article

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