Evidence for functional overlap among multiple bacterial cell division proteins: Compensating for the loss of FtsK

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 596-612

  Geissler, Brett ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN FTSB; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN FTSN; PROTEIN ZIPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26944444295     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04858.x     Document Type: Article

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