Mutants of FtsZ targeting the protofilament interface: Effects on cell division and GTPase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2727-2736

  Redick, Sambra D ^a,c   Stricker, Jesse ^a,d   Briscoe, Gina ^a   Erickson, Harold P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 3709 Duke University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL BOND; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOFILAMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 16844382689     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.8.2727-2736.2005     Document Type: Article

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