Defining a centromere-like element in Bacillus subtilis by identifying the binding sites for the chromosome-anchoring protein RacA

Molecular Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 773-782

  Ben Yehuda, Sigal ^a,b   Fujita, Masya ^a   Liu, Xiaole Shirley ^c   Gorbatyuk, Boris ^a   Skoko, Dunja ^d   Yan, Jie ^d   Marko, John F ^d   Liu, Jun S ^e   Eichenberger, Patrick ^a,g   Rudner, David Z ^a,f   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RAC A PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL ANCHORAGE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SISTER CHROMATID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 20144373037     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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