Identification of a region of FtsA required for interaction with FtsZ

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1129-1138

  Pichoff, Sebastien ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248348211     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05735.x     Document Type: Article

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