The straight and curved conformation of FtsZ protofilaments-evidence for rapid exchange of GTP into the curved protofilament

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 285-290

  Lu, Chunlin ^a   Erickson, Harold P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FtsZ; GTP; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIPID MONOLAYER; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DEAE-DEXTRAN; EDETIC ACID; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIPID BILAYERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0032759784     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.24.285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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