Redefining the roles of the FtsZ-ring in bacterial cytokinesis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-96

  Xiao, Jie ^a   Goley, Erin D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; CYTOKINESIS; METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 84986592707     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.08.008     Document Type: Review

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