Cytological and biochemical characterization of the FtsA cell division protein of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-125

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; TARGET CELL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035051322     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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