F-actin-like filaments formed by plasmid segregation protein ParM

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6935-6943

  Van den Ent, Fusinita ^a   Møller Jensen, Jakob ^b   Amos, Linda A ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^b   Löwe, Jan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DNA partitioning; F actin; MreB; ParM

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; DNA; F ACTIN; MREB PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEGREGATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ACTINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 12244298896     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf672     Document Type: Article

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