Protofilament Formation of ParM Mutants

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Popp, David ^a   Iwasa, Mitsusada ^a   Maeda, Kayo ^a   Narita, Akihiro ^a,b   Oda, Toshiro ^a   Maéda, Yuichiro ^a,b  

^a RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; helical filaments; ParM mutants; protofilaments; X ray fiber diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; PROTEIN PARM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE SEGREGATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 64049083097     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.057     Document Type: Article

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