FtsZ collaborates with penicillin binding proteins to generate bacterial cell shape in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6768-6774

  Varma, Archana ^a   Young, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SPIRILLUM;

EID: 4944246437     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.20.6768-6774.2004     Document Type: Article

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