A mutation in the promoter region of zipA, a component of the divisome, suppresses the shape defect of RodZ-deficient cells

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 798-810

  Shiomi, Daisuke ^a,c   Niki, Hironori ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Escherichia coli; Microbial cell biology; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PBP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LENGTH; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MRDA GENE; MRDB GENE; MREB GENE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; START CODON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UPREGULATION; ZIPA GENE;

CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL CELL BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885450492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.116     Document Type: Article

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