In vitro assembly and GTP hydrolysis by bacterial tubulins BtubA and BtubB

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-238

  Sontag, Christopher A ^a   Staley, James T ^b   Erickson, Harold P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BTUBA PROTEIN; BTUBB PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; TUBULIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROSTHECOBACTER;

EID: 18544368222     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200410027     Document Type: Article

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