Tubulin-like protofilaments in Ca2+-induced FtsZ sheets

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2364-2371

  Löwe, Jan ^a   Amos, Linda A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; FtsZ; Methanococcus jannaschii; Three dimensional image reconstruction; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FTSZ PROTEIN, METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

EID: 0037495314     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2364     Document Type: Article

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