Bacterial motility complexes require the actin-like protein, MreB and the Ras homologue, MglA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 315-326

  Mauriello, Emilia M F ^a   Mouhamar, Fabrice ^b   Nan, Beiyan ^a   Ducret, Adrien ^b   Dai, David ^a   Zusman, David R ^a   Mignot, Tâm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

A22; Adhesion complexes; Cell polarity; Motility clusters; Protein localization

Indexed keywords

MREB PROTEIN; PROTEIN MGIA; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 75049084936     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.356     Document Type: Article

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