Bacterial Cell Division: The Mechanism and Its Precison

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 27-94

  Harry, Elizabeth ^a   Monahan, Leigh ^a   Thompson, Lyndal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria; Cell division; Escherichia coli; Fluorescence microscopy; FtsZ

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; EZRA PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSB PROTEIN; FTSI PROTEIN; FTSL PROTEIN; FTSN PROTEIN; FTSQ PROTEIN; FTSW PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MINC PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; MINE PROTEIN; SEPF PROTEIN; SULA PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPA PROTEIN; ZIPA PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846246039     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(06)53002-5     Document Type: Review

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