Activation of the Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsZ by a low-affinity interaction with monovalent cations

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4941-4946

  Tadros, Michael ^a   González, José Manuel ^b   Rivas, Germán ^b   Vicente, Miguel ^a   Mingorance, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell division; FtsZ; GTPase; Monovalent cations; Protein polymerization; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FTSZ PROTEIN; MONOMER; MONOVALENT CATION; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

CATIONS, MONOVALENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RADIOISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33747868464     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.083     Document Type: Article

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