Deletion of the cell-division inhibitor MinC results in lysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 225-237

  Ramirez Arcos, S ^a   Szeto, J ^a   Beveridge, T J ^a   Victor, C ^a   Francis, F ^a   Dillon, J A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell lysis; Cell division inhibitor; Cocci; MinC; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0035154634     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-1-225     Document Type: Article

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