Mutations in the GTP-binding and synergy loop domains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ftsZ compromise its function in vitro and in vivo

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1171-1177

  Rajagopalan, Malini ^a   Atkinson, Mark A L ^a   Lofton, Hava ^a   Chauhan, Ashwini ^a   Madiraju, Murty V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Fluorescent microscopy; FtsZ; Gene replacement; Green fluorescent protein; GTPase activity; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerization activity; Recombination; Z rings

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 18844404653     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.03.239     Document Type: Article

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