A man-made ATP-binding protein evolved independent of nature causes abnormal growth in bacterial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Stomel, Joshua M ^a,b   Wilson, James W ^a,c   Léon, Megan A ^a   Stafford, Phillip ^a   Chaput, John C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATP BINDING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 70350217225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007385     Document Type: Article

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