BolA Inhibits Cell Elongation and Regulates MreB Expression Levels

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1345-1351

  Freire, Patrick ^a   Neves Moreira, Ricardo ^a   Arraiano, Cecília Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BolA; cytoskeleton; morphology; MreB; transcriptional repressor

Indexed keywords

MREB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BOLA GENE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58549113011     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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