Bacterial chromosome segregation: Structure and DNA binding of the Soj dimer - A conserved biological switch

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-282

  Leonard, Thomas A ^a   Butler, P Jonathan ^a   Löwe, Jan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; MinCD; ParAB; Soj; Spo0J

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FFH GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FTSY GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LYSINE; MIND PROTEIN; MINE PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARAB; PROTEIN PARB; PROTEIN SOJ; PROTEIN SPOOJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 13444281991     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600530     Document Type: Article

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