Murein (peptidoglycan) binding property of the essential cell division protein FtsN from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6728-6737

  Ursinus, Astrid ^a,d   Van Den Ent, Fusinita ^b   Brechtel, Sonja ^a   De Pedro, Miguel ^c   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^a,e   Löwe, Jan ^b   Vollmer, Waldemar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Galerie Jochen Holtje Tubingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; GLYCAN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN FTSN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4944223117     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.20.6728-6737.2004     Document Type: Article

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