The Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsW is required to recruit its cognate transpeptidase, FtsI (PBP3), to the division site

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 904-912

  Mercer, Keri L N ^a   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN FTSI; PROTEIN FTSL; PROTEIN FTSQ; PROTEIN FTSW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPOROGENESIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTAGENESIS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036155122     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.4.904-912.2002     Document Type: Article

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