Kinetic modeling of the assembly, dynamic steady state, and contraction of the FtsZ ring in prokaryotic cytokinesis

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Surovtsev, Ivan V ^a   Morgan, Jeffrey J ^b   Lindahl, Paul A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FREE ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

A-STABLE; ASSEMBLY DYNAMICS; GTP HYDROLYSIS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; KINETIC MODELS; MONOMERIC UNITS; MONOMERICS; PROKARYOTICS; STEADY STATE;

CYTOLOGY;

FTSZ PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 48249089312     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000102     Document Type: Article

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