Characterization and chromosomal organization of the murD-murC-ftsQ region of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13869

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-184

  Ramos, Angelina ^a   Honrubia, Maria P ^a   Vega, Daniel ^b   Ayala, Juan A ^b   Bouhss, Ahmed ^c   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^c   Gil, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

Cell division genes; Cell wall; Corynebacteria; dcw cluster; ftsQ; ftsW; murC; murD; murG; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN FTSQ; PROTEIN FTSW; PROTEIN MURC; PROTEIN MURD; PROTEIN MURG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CISTRON; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 1842418523     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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