GTPase activity, structure, and mechanical properties of filaments assembled from bacterial cytoskeleton protein MreB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 968-976

  Esue, Osigwe ^a   Wirtz, Denis ^a   Tseng, Yiider ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MREB PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLOW KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 31344480941     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.968-976.2006     Document Type: Article

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