The bacterial ParA-ParB partitioning proteins

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-34

  Bignell, Colin ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial targets; Bacterial mitosis; Centromere like sequences; Chromosomes; DNA binding proteins; Membrane ATPase; Partitioning; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROTEINS;

RANDOM PREDIVISIONAL PARTITIONING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HELICASE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KORB; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARB; PROTEIN RK2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035856287     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(01)00293-0     Document Type: Review

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