The Escherichia coli FtsK functional domains involved in its interaction with its divisome protein partners

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Grenga, Lucia ^a   Luzi, Giuseppe ^b   Paolozzi, Luciano ^a   Ghelardini, Patrizia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell division; fts genes; Protein protein interaction; Two hybrid assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FTSZ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROETIN ZIPA; PROTEIN FTSI; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN FTSL; PROTEIN FTSQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 51349131943     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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