The division inhibitor EzrA contains a seven-residue patch required for maintaining the dynamic nature of the medial FtsZ ring

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9001-9010

  Haeusser, Daniel P ^a   Garza, Anna Cristina ^a   Buscher, Amy Z ^a   Levin, Petra Anne ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EZRA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 37449004861     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01172-07     Document Type: Article

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