Polymeric structures and dynamic properties of the bacterial actin AlfA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1031-1041

  Popp, David ^a,b   Narita, Akihiro ^a,c   Ghoshdastider, Umesh ^c   Maeda, Kayo ^a,c   Maéda, Yuichiro ^a,c   Oda, Toshiro ^a   Fujisawa, Tetsuro ^d   Onishi, Hirufumi ^a,c   Ito, Kazuki ^a   Robinson, Robert C ^b  

^a RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin homolog; AlfA; Electron microscopy; Helical symmetry; Treadmilling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MREB PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALFA; PROTEIN PARM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950020896     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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