Regulated intramembrane proteolysis of FtsL protein and the control of cell division in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 580-591

  Bramkamp, Marc ^a,b   Weston, Louise ^a   Daniel, Richard A ^a,c   Errington, Jeff ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC METALLOPROTEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOPROTEASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749183115     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05402.x     Document Type: Article

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