Central role for the Escherichia coli minC gene product in two different cell division-inhibition systems.

doi:10.1073/pnas.87.3.1129

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Central role for the Escherichia coli minC gene product in two different cell division-inhibition systems.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Feb 1990

de Boer P A, Crossley R E, Rothfield L I

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In Escherichia coli, selection of the proper division site at midcell requires the specific inhibition of septation at two other potential division sites, located at each of the cell poles. This site-specific inhibition of septation is mediated by the gene products of the minicell locus (the minB...

Topics

Bacteriophage lambda
Cell Division
Escherichia coli
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Markers
Operon
Phenotype
Plasmids

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