Phylogenetic analysis identifies many uncharacterized actin-like proteins (Alps) in bacteria: Regulated polymerization, dynamic instability and treadmilling in Alp7A

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-552

  Derman, Alan I ^a   Becker, Eric C ^a   Truong, Bao D ^a   Fujioka, Akina ^a   Tucey, Timothy M ^a   Erb, Marcella L ^a   Patterson, Paula C ^a   Pogliano, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALP7A PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CYTOSKELETON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70350141267     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06771.x     Document Type: Article

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