Role of two essential domains of Escherichia coli FtsA in localization and progression of the division ring

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1359-1371

  Rico, Ana Isabel ^a   García Ovalle, Maria ^a   Mingorance, Jesús ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BETA CHAIN; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4444300864     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04245.x     Document Type: Article

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