Life without division: Physiology of Escherichia coli FtsZ-deprived filaments

mBio

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Sánchez Gorostiaga, Alicia ^a   Palacios, Pilar ^a   Martínez Arteaga, Rocío ^a   Sánchez, Manuel ^a   Casanova, Mercedes ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FTSZ GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 84994442793     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01620-16     Document Type: Article

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