Expression of Escherichia coli Min system in Bacillus subtilis and its effect on cell division

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-68

  Pavlendová, Nad'A ^a   Muchová, Katarína ^a   Barák, Imrich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial cell division; Escherichia coli; Min system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MINC PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70949096697     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01832.x     Document Type: Article

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