The Caulobacter Tol-Pal complex is essential for outer membrane integrity and the positioning of a polar localization factor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4847-4858

  Yeh, Yi Chun ^a,b   Comolli, Luis R ^c   Downing, Kenneth H ^c   Shapiro, Lucy ^a   McAdams, Harley H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN PAL; PROTEIN PLEC; PROTEIN TIPN; PROTEIN TOLA; PROTEIN TOLB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOSSWEILERODENDRON BALSAMIFERUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77956850709     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00607-10     Document Type: Article

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