A novel FtsZ-like protein is involved in replication of the anthrax toxin-encoding pXo1 plasmid in Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2829-2835

  Tinsley, Eowyn ^a   Khan, Saleem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; FTSZ RELATED INITIATOR PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PLASMID XO1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPX GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646006683     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.2829-2835.2006     Document Type: Article

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