A protein critical for cell constriction in the Gram-negative bacterium Caulobacter crescentus localizes at the division site through its peptidoglycan-binding LysM domains

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-89

  Poggio, Sebastian ^a,e   Takacs, Constantin N ^a,f   Vollmer, Waldemar ^b   Jacobs Wagner, Christine ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN LYSM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CHEMISTRY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77953977302     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07223.x     Document Type: Article

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