A complex of the Escherichia coli cell division proteins FtsL, FtsB and FtsQ forms independently of its localization to the septal region

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1315-1327

  Buddelmeijer, Nienke ^a,b   Beckwith, Jon ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSB PROTEIN; FTSL PROTEIN; FTSQ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942570076     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04044.x     Document Type: Article

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