FtsK is a bifunctional protein involved in cell division and chromosome localization in Escherichia coli

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作者
Liu, GW [1 ]
Draper, GC [1 ]
Donachie, WD [1 ]
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[1] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Cell & Mol Biol, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Midlothian, Scotland
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10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00986.x
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The behaviour of Escherichia coli cells in which all or part of the ftsK gene is under inducible control shows that FtsK protein has two functional domains: an N-terminal part that is required for cell division, and a C-terminal part that is involved in chromosome localization within the cell.
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