ZipA is a MAP-Tau homolog and is essential for structural integrity of the cytokinetic FtsZ ring during bacterial cell division

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2372-2383

  RayChaudhuri, Debabrata ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; FtsZ protofilaments; FtsZ ring; MAPs; ZipA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TAU PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033522467     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2372     Document Type: Article

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