Genes involved in cell division in mycoplasmas

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Alarcón, Frank ^a   de Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro ^a   Yim, Lucia ^b   Zaha, Arnaldo ^c  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Parana   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell division; Genomes; Mycoplasma spp

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 34848856328     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000200003     Document Type: Article

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