Effects of perturbing nucleoid structure on nucleoid occlusion-mediated toporegulation of FtsZ ring assembly

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3951-3959

  Sun, Qin ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COUMAMYCIN A1; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FTSZ PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID; NUCLEOID OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, CIRCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942547429     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3951-3959.2004     Document Type: Article

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