Topological characterization of the essential Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsW

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-32

  Lara, Beatriz ^a   Ayala, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division; FtsW; Lipid II; Topology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; PROTEIN BLA; PROTEIN FTSW; PROTEIN PHOA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSW PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0037195381     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00892-3     Document Type: Article

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