A widely conserved bacterial cell division protein that promotes assembly of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2544-2556

  Gueiros Filho, Frederico J ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cytokinesis; FtsZ; Protein localization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; PROTEIN DIVIVA; PROTEIN EZRA; PROTEIN ZAPA; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOXICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036791675     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1014102     Document Type: Article

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