Novel dynamics of FtsZ ring before plastid abscission

Cytologia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-201

  Yoshida, Yamato ^a,b   Nishida, Keiji ^b   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^b   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Dynamin; FtsZ; Pd ring; Plastid division; Plastid division machinery

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 55949129708     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.73.197     Document Type: Article

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