The structure of FtsZ filaments in vivo suggests a force-generating role in cell division

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 4694-4708

  Li, Zhuo ^a   Trimble, Michael J ^b   Brun, Yves V ^b   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cytoskeleton; Cell division; Cryoelectron microscopy; FtsZ; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 36248938686     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601895     Document Type: Article

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