Requirement for the cell division protein DivIB in polar cell division and engulfment during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7677-7685

  Thompson, L S ^a   Beech, P L ^b   Real, G ^c   Henriques, A O ^c   Harry, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DIVIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33750432185     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01072-06     Document Type: Article

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