FtsZ and the division of prokaryotic cells and organelles

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 862-871

  Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

BACTERIUM; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENOMICS; IMAGING; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECYCLING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ORGANELLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 27644540151     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1745     Document Type: Review

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