A dual role for the FtsK protein in Escherichia coli chromosome segregation

EMBO Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 532-536

  Capiaux, Hervé ^a   Lesterlin, Christian ^a   Pérals, Koryn ^a   Louarn, Jean Michael ^a   Cornet, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSK PROTEIN, E COLI; INTEGRASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DIMER; FTSK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036308133     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvf116     Document Type: Article

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