DivL performs critical cell cycle functions in Caulobacter crescentus independent of kinase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8308-8320

  Reisinger, Sarah J ^a   Huntwork, Sarah ^b,d   Viollier, Patrick H ^c   Ryan, Kathleen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CCKA; PROTEIN CTRA; PROTEIN DIVK; PROTEIN DIVL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 36549065749     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00868-07     Document Type: Article

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