Two new families of the FtsZ-tubulin protein superfamily implicated in membrane remodeling in diverse bacteria and archaea

Biology Direct

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Makarova, Kira S ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; PHYLOGENY; TUBULIN;

EID: 77951957095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-5-33     Document Type: Article

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