DipM, a new factor required for peptidoglycan remodelling during cell division in Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-107

  Möll, Andrea ^a,b   Schlimpert, Susan ^a,b   Briegel, Ariane ^c   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DIPM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77953996215     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07224.x     Document Type: Article

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