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Mutations in cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA inhibit phiX174 protein-E-mediated lysis of Escherichia coli.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Oct 1998
Witte A, Brand E, Mayrhofer P, Narendja F, Lubitz W
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Electron microscopic studies emphasized that the protein-E-specific transmembrane tunnel structure, which permeabilizes Escherichia coli, is not randomly distributed over the cell envelope but is restricted to areas of potential division sites. These sites were located predominantly in the middle of the cell, but approximately one-third of these structures are found at the polar sites. Therefore, E. coli mutant...
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