The morphogenetic MreBCD proteins of Escherichia coli form an essential membrane-bound complex

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-89

  Kruse, Thomas ^a   Bork Jensen, Jette ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PROTEIN MREC; PROTEIN MRED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12344306119     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04367.x     Document Type: Article

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