Iteron-binding ORF157 and FtsZ-like ORF156 proteins encoded by pBtoxis play a role in its replication in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8053-8058

  Tang, Mujin ^a   Bideshi, Dennis K ^a,b   Park, Hyun Woo ^c   Federici, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; HELICASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ORF156; PROTEIN ORF157; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID BTOXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; REPLICON;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36549026935     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00908-07     Document Type: Article

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