The Vibrio harveyi GTPase CgtAv is essential and is associated with the 50S ribosomal subunit

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1205-1210

  Sikora, A E ^a,b   Zielke, R ^a,b   Datta, K ^a   Maddock, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CGTA PROTEIN; DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CGTA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 29044442633     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1205-1210.2006     Document Type: Article

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