Actin's prokaryotic homologs

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-248

  Egelman, Edward H ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SHAPE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037396401     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00027-7     Document Type: Review

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