A new FtsZ-interacting protein, YlmF, complements the activity of FtsA during progression of cell division in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1364-1380

  Ishikawa, Shu ^a   Kawai, Yoshikazu ^a   Hiramatsu, Konosuke ^a   Kuwano, Masayoshi ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYBRID; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744479995     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05184.x     Document Type: Article

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