Biochemical evidence for the presence of an unconventional actin protein in a prokaryotic organism

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Labbé, Jean Pierre ^a   Harricane, Marie Cécile ^a   Boyer, Mireille ^a   Derancourt, Jean ^a   Roustan, Claude ^a   Benyamin, Yves ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

actin; cyanobacteria; cytoskeletal; evo lution; motility; prokaryote; synechocystis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0029780109     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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