MreB, the cell shape-determining bacterial actin homologue, co-ordinates cell wall morphogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1321-1332

  Figge, Rainer M ^a   Divakaruni, Arun V ^a   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DEATH; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MORPHOGENESIS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CITRUS LIMON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542616355     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03936.x     Document Type: Article

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