A new Escherichia coli cell division gene, ftsK.

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Published in J Bacteriol on November 01, 1995

Authors

K J Begg1, S J Dewar, W D Donachie

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1: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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