Self-enhanced accumulation of FtsN at division sites and roles for other proteins with a SPOR domain (DamX, DedD, and RlpA) in Escherichia coli cell constriction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7383-7401

  Gerding, Matthew A ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Bendezú, Felipe O ^a,b   Hale, Cynthia A ^a   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^a,c   De Boer, Piet A J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUREIN AMIDASE; PROTEIN DAMX; PROTEIN DEDD; PROTEIN FTSN; PROTEIN R1PA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSPOSON;

CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 72449160318     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00811-09     Document Type: Article

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