Helical Tubes of FtsZ from Methanococcus jannaschii

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 381, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 993-999

  Löwe, Jan ^a   Amos, Linda A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helical reconstruction; Microtubules; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; GUANYLYL (ALPHA,BETA) METHYLENE DIPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MICROTUBULE; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TUBE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNESIUM; METHANOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 0033783149     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2000.122     Document Type: Article

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