FtsZ ring formation in fts mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3877-3884

  Addinall, Stephen G ^a   Erfei, Bi ^a,b   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 8944221179     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3877-3884.1996     Document Type: Article

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