The relationship between hetero-oligomer formation and function of the topological specificity domain of the Escherichia coli MinE protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-273

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Rowland, Susan ^a   King, Glenn ^a,b   Braswell, Emory ^c   Rothfield, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031753463     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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