The cell shape proteins MreB and MreC control cell morphogenesis by positioning cell wall synthetic complexes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-188

  Divakaruni, Arun V ^a   Baida, Cyril ^a   White, Courtney L ^a   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FTSZ PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; MREB PROTEIN; MREC PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL CYCLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 34548677525     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05910.x     Document Type: Article

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