A deficiency in S-adenosylmethionine synthetase interrupts assembly of the septal ring in Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 791-799

  Wang, Shan ^a   Arends, S J Ryan ^b   Weiss, David S ^b   Newman, Elaine B ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN FTSL; PROTEIN FTSN; PROTEIN FTSQ; PROTEIN FTSW; PROTEIN ZIPA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZTREONAM; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 27444437940     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04864.x     Document Type: Article

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