Actin Homolog MreBH Governs Cell Morphogenesis by Localization of the Cell Wall Hydrolase LytE

Developmental Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-409

  Carballido López, Rut ^a,b   Formstone, Alex ^b   Li, Ying ^b   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Noirot, Philippe ^a   Errington, Jeff ^b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HYDROLASE; ISOPROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN LYTE; PROTEIN MREBH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33747837700     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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