Diversification and specialization of the bacterial cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-12

  Gitai, Zemer ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARA; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; TUBULIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846327644     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.12.010     Document Type: Review

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