DNA segregation by the bacterial actin AlfA during Bacillus subtilis growth and development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5919-5931

  Becker, Eric ^a   Herrera, Nick C ^a   Gunderson, Felizza Q ^a   Derman, Alan I ^a   Dance, Amber L ^a   Sims, Jennifer ^a   Larsen, Rachel A ^a   Pogliano, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Bacterial cytoskeleton; DNA segregation; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SPOROGENESIS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STEM CELLS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845772164     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601443     Document Type: Article

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