Presence of multiple sites containing polar material in spherical Escherichia coli cells that lack MreB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6187-6196

  Nilsen, Trine ^a,c   Yan, Arthur W ^a,d   Gale, Gregory ^a   Goldberg, Marcia B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratories   (United States)

^c US Genomics   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A 22; ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPSM PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ICSA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SECRETION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MREB GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SHIGELLA; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA SP.; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 24344437258     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.17.6187-6196.2005     Document Type: Article

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