Super-resolution imaging of the bacterial cytokinetic protein FtsZ

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-341

  Jennings, Phoebe C ^a   Cox, Guy C ^b   Monahan, Leigh G ^a   Harry, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell division; FtsZ; STED; Super resolution microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; FTSZ; STED; SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY;

BACILLI; CELL PROLIFERATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79952041482     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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