Bacterial cell division and the septal ring

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 588-597

  Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER; PROTEIN AMIC; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEION ENVC; RECOMBINASE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERCD RECOMBINASE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BLEACHING; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7644219685     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04283.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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