Direct interaction between the cell division protein FtsZ and the cell differentiation protein SpoIIE

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1467-1475

  Lucet, Isabelle ^b   Feucht, Andrea ^a   Yudkin, Michael D ^b   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell division; Oligomerization; Protein protein interaction; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034599494     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.7.1467     Document Type: Article

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