A set of ftsZ mutants blocked at different stages of cell division in Caulobacter
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- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (2) , 347-360
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02395.x
Abstract
FtsZ is required throughout the cell division process in eubacteria and in archaea. We report the isolation of novel mutants of the FtsZ gene in Caulobacter crescentus. Clusters of charged amino acid...Keywords
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