Concentration and assembly of the division ring proteins FtsZ, FtsA, and ZipA during the Escherichia coli cell cycle

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3344-3351

  Rueda, Sonsoles ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^a   Mingorance, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN ZIPA; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038191051     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.11.3344-3351.2003     Document Type: Article

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