Spatial control of the cell division site by the Min system in Escherichia coli

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3229-3239

  Shih, Yu Ling ^a,b   Zheng, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MINC PROTEIN, E COLI; MIND PROTEIN, E COLI; MINE PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84888865284     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12119     Document Type: Article

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