Dynamic proteins in bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 548-552

  Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLEACHING; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0036897884     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00376-4     Document Type: Review

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