Expression and purification of FtsW and RodA from Streptococcus pneumoniae, two membrane proteins involved in cell division and cell growth, respectively

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-25

  Noirclerc Savoye, Marjolaine ^a   Morlot, Cécile ^a   Gérard, Philippe ^a,b   Vernet, Thierry ^a   Zapun, André ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0038348211     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(03)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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