Temperature-sensitive ftsZ alleles that modulate the rod to sphere morphogenesis in Escherichia coli - by Ziad Walid El-Hajj
Abstract
The normally rod-shaped bacterium Escherichia coli K-12 divides by elongating and then forming a septum at midcell, which will result in the format ion of two daughter cells. Septation is driven by the polymerization of the essential d ivision protein Fts
Description
Thesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut, Dept. of Biology, 2005.;"Advisor: Dr. Medhat Khattar, Assistant Professor, Biology.--Member of Committee: Dr. Rabih Talhouk, Professor, Biology.--Member of Committee: Dr. Colin Smith, Assistant Professor, Biol
Bibliography: leaves 60-81.
Bibliography: leaves 60-81.