Determinants for the subcellular localization and function of a nonessential SEDS protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 363-376

  Real, Gonçalo ^a   Fay, Allison ^b   Eldar, Avigdor ^c   Pinto, Sérgio M ^a,d   Henriques, Adriano O ^a   Dworkin, Jonathan ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSW; PROTEIN RODA; PROTEIN SPOVE; SPOVE YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; GENE FUSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; PORINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37549017663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01482-07     Document Type: Article

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