Six GTP-binding proteins of the Era/Obg family are essential for cell growth in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3539-3552

  Morimoto, Takuya ^a   Loh, Pek Chin ^a   Hirai, Tomohiro ^a   Asai, Kei ^a   Konayashi, Kazuo ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Bacterial GTPase; Molecular switch protein; Regulation of initiation of chromosome replication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN BEX; PROTEIN YGEH; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

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

EID: 0036855348     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3539     Document Type: Review

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