The tubulin homologue FtsZ contributes to cell elongation by guiding cell wall precursor synthesis in Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 938-952

  Aaron, Michelle ^a   Charbon, Godefroid ^a   Lam, Hubert ^a,d   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Vollmer, Waldemar ^c,e   Jacobs Wagner, Christine ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN MURG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOACCUMULATION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SILVER STAINING; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 34248364322     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05720.x     Document Type: Article

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