Effects of tubulin assembly inhibitors on cell division in prokaryotes in vivo

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-29

  Sarcina, Mary ^a   Mullineaux, Conrad W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cyanobacterium; Elongation; Prokaryote

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FUNGICIDE; PROTEIN FTSZ; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TIABENDAZOLE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL DIVISION; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNECHOCOCCUS GROUP; SYNECHOCYSTIS GROUP; THIABENDAZOLE; TUBULIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034307860     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00365-7     Document Type: Article

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