Heterospecific expression of the Bacillus subtilis cell shape determination genes mreBCD in Escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Lee, Joong Chul ^a   Cha, Jeong Heon ^b   Zerbv, Dennis B ^b   Stewart, George C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN MREC; PROTEIN MRED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HOST CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042972587     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3937-9     Document Type: Article

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