Cytokinesis in bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-65

  Errington, Jeffery ^a   Daniel, Richard A ^a   Scheffers, Dirk Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MINC PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN FTSI; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN FTSL; PROTEIN FTSN; PROTEIN FTSQ; PROTEIN FTSW; PROTEIN MINE; PROTEIN ZIPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINESIS; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037336475     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.67.1.52-65.2003     Document Type: Review

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