Roles of pneumococcal DivIB in cell division

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4501-4511

  Le Gouëllec, Audrey ^a   Roux, Laure ^a   Fadda, Daniela ^b   Massidda, Orietta ^b   Vernet, Thierry ^a   Zapun, André ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVIB PROTEIN; FTSL PROTEIN; FTSQ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CEFOTAXIME; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; INDEL MUTATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 46049088316     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00376-08     Document Type: Article

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