Discovery and characterization of three new Escherichia coli septal ring proteins that contain a SPOR domain: DamX, DedD, and RlpA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 242-255

  Ryan Arends, S J ^a   Williams, Kyle ^a   Scott, Renada J ^a,c   Rolong, Silvana ^a,c   Popham, David L ^b   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 2583 Bristol Cove ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DAMX; PROTEIN DEDD; PROTEIN R1PA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; GENE; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 73849120353     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01244-09     Document Type: Article

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