DivIVA uses an N-terminal conserved region and two coiled-coil domains to localize and sustain the polar growth in Corynebacterium glutamicum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-116

  Letek, Michal ^a   Fiuza, María ^a   Ordóñez, Efrén ^a   Villadangos, Almudena F ^a   Flärdh, Klas ^b   Mateos, Luís M ^a   Gil, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell division; Corynebacterium; DivIVA; Polar growth; Swapping domain; Two hybrid system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN DIVIVA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 67650721277     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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