FtsN, a late recruit to the septum in Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4641833.x

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FtsN, a late recruit to the septum in Escherichia coli.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 1997

Addinall S G, Cao C, Lutkenhaus J

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The localization of FtsN in Escherichia coli was inves tigated by immunofluorescence microscopy. FtsN is an essential cell division protein with a simple bitopic topology, a short N-terminal cytoplasmic segment fused to a large carboxy periplasmic domain through a single transmembrane domain. Fts...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Cell Division
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Membrane Proteins
Mutation

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