C-shaped cells caused by expression of an ftsA mutation in Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1128/jb.174.16.5362-5370.1992

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C-shaped cells caused by expression of an ftsA mutation in Escherichia coli.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 1992

Gayda R C, Henk M C, Leong D

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A plasmid, pDLL4, was isolated from a Tn5tac1 mutagenesis experiment with plasmid pZAQ. When pDLL4 was transformed into wild-type rod-shaped cells, it caused cells in the population to become curved (C-shaped or convoluted). The Tn5tac1 transposon was integrated within the carboxyl end of the fts...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins
Base Sequence
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Gene Expression
Genes, Bacterial
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Plasmids
Restriction Mapping

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