Localizing cell division in spherical Escherichia coli by nucleoid occlusion

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Zaritsky, Arieh ^a   Woldringh, Conrad L ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial nucleoid; FtsZ GFP and DAPI fluorescence; Spatial control of cell division

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; MECILLINAM; THYMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; STAINING; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDOLES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0642316230     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00580-9     Document Type: Article

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