Filament Formation of the Escherichia coli Actin-Related Protein, MreB, in Fission Yeast

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-272

  Srinivasan, Ramanujam ^a   Mishra, Mithilesh ^a   Murata Hori, Maki ^a   Balasubramanian, Mohan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN, E COLI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

BIOPOLYMERS; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 33846637436     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.069     Document Type: Article

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