Lateral FtsZ association and the assembly of the cytokinetic Z ring in bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1004-1017

  Monahan, Leigh G ^a   Robinson, Andrew ^b   Harry, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; FTSZ TS1 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOT TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 70449586634     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06914.x     Document Type: Article

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