Assembly dynamics of FtsZ rings in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli and effects of FtsZ-regulating proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5775-5781

  Anderson, David E ^a   Gueiros Filho, Frederico J ^b,c   Erickson, Harold P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYMER; PROTEIN EZRA; PROTEIN MINCD; PROTEIN ZAPA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BLEACHING; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HALF-LIFE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4344652693     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5775-5781.2004     Document Type: Article

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