Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6663, 1998, Pages 203-206

  Löwe, Jan ^a   Amos, Linda A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 2642593025     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34472     Document Type: Article

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