Tethering the Z ring to the membrane through a conserved membrane targeting sequence in FtsA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1722-1734

  Pichoff, Sebastien ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOKINESIS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; Z RING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 15744385269     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04522.x     Document Type: Article

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