Open questions about the function and evolution of bacterial Min systems

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Barák, Imrich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis sporulation; Bacterial cell division; Escherichia coli; Evolution of cell division; Min system

Indexed keywords

MIND PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; ATPASE ACTIVITY ASSAY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL MIN SYSTEM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SWITCHING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

EID: 84892152898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00378     Document Type: Article

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