FtsZ from divergent foreign bacteria can function for cell division in Escherichia coli.

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Published in J Bacteriol on October 01, 2006

Authors

Masaki Osawa1, Harold P Erickson

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1: Department Cell Biology, Box 3709, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

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