Role of SufI (FtsP) in cell division of Escherichia coli: Evidence for its involvement in stabilizing the assembly of the divisome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8044-8052

  Samaluru, Harish ^a   Saisree, L ^a   Reddy, Manjula ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSA 12; PROTEIN FTSK 44; PROTEIN FTSQ 1C; PROTEIN SUFI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36549022665     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00773-07     Document Type: Article

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