Deletion of the parA (soj) homologue in Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes ParB instability and affects growth rate, chromosome segregation, and motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5762-5772

  Lasocki, Krzysztof ^a,c   Bartosik, Aneta A ^a   Mierzejewska, Jolanta ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^b   Jagura Burdzy, Grazyna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PARA GENE; PARB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPERON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34547619012     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00371-07     Document Type: Article

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