mraW, an essential gene at the dcw cluster of Escherichia coli codes for a cytoplasmic protein with methyltransferase activity

Biochimie

Volumn 81, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 879-888

  Carrión, Maite ^a   Gómez, Manuel J ^a   Merchante Schubert, Rafael ^a   Dongarrá, Silvina ^a   Ayala, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division; dcw cluster; Escherichia coli; Methyltransferase; MraW protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344603823     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)00208-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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