Asymmetric cell division in B. subtilis involves a spiral-like intermediate of the cytokinetic protein FtsZ

Cell

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-266

  Ben Yehuda, Sigal ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOIIE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037133943     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00698-0     Document Type: Article

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