Strong FtsZ is with the force: Mechanisms to constrict bacteria

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 348-356

  Mingorance, Jesús ^a   Rivas, Germán ^b   Vélez, Marisela ^c   Gómez Puertas, Paulino ^d   Vicente, Miguel ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ IDIPAZ   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPA PROTEIN; ZIPA PROTEIN; CELL WALL SKELETON; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL SKELETON; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77955271619     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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