Conservation of dynamic localization among minD and minE orthologues: Oscillation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae proteins in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 493-504

  Ramirez Arcos, Sandra ^a   Szeto, Jason ^a   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a   Margolin, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; PROTEIN MINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0036430044     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03168.x     Document Type: Article

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