The bacterial cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-27

  Pogliano, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALFA; PROTEIN BTUBA; PROTEIN BTUBB; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN MAMK; PROTEIN MIPZ; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARM; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TUBULIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149141843     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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