Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 327-339

  Kühn, Juliane ^a,b   Briegel, Ariane ^c   Mörschel, Erhard ^b   Kahnt, Jörg ^a   Leser, Katja ^a,b   Wick, Stephanie ^a,b   Jensen, Grant J ^c   Thanbichler, Martin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Myxococcus xanthus; Penicillinbinding protein; Peptidoglycan; Stalk

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTOFILIN DERIVATIVE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL WALL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 75049083437     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.358     Document Type: Article

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