Making a point: The role of DivIVA in streptococcal polar anatomy

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1185-1188

  Vicente, Miguel ^a   García Ovalle, Marta ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DIVIVA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL SURFACE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33846898697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01710-06     Document Type: Note

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