The β-lactam resistance protein Blr, a small membrane polypeptide, is a component of the Escherichia coli cell division machinery

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5576-5588

  Karimova, Gouzel ^a   Davi, Marilyne ^a   Ladant, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BLR; PROTEIN FTSL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FTSQ GENE; GENE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRESS;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 84868602418     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00774-12     Document Type: Article

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