Complex formation of MukB, MukE and MukF proteins involved in chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5873-5884

  Yamazoe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Onogi, Toshinari ^a   Sunako, Yumi ^a   Niki, Hironori ^a   Yamanaka, Kunitoshi ^a,b   Ichimura, Toshiharu ^a   Hiraga, Sota ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ binding protein; Chromosome partitioning; Motor protein; MukB MukE MukF

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM BINDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033229882     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.21.5873     Document Type: Article

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