Premature targeting of cell division proteins to midcell reveals hierarchies of protein interactions involved in divisome assembly

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-45

  Goehring, Nathan W ^a   Gonzalez, Mark D ^a   Beckwith, Jon ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745195461     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05206.x     Document Type: Article

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