EzrA prevents aberrant cell division by modulating assembly of the cytoskeletal protein FtsZ

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 801-814

  Haeusser, Daniel P ^a   Schwartz, Rachel L ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a   Oates, Michelle Erin ^a   Levin, Petra Anne ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EZRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 2442546546     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04016.x     Document Type: Article

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