Control of division gene expression in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Dewar, Susan J ^a   Dorazi, Robert ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell division; Escherichia coli; Fts protein; Gene expression; Regulation; Transcriptional organization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GROWTH RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034213014     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00122-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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