Bacillus subtilis MreB paralogues have different filament architectures and lead to shape remodelling of a heterologous cell system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1145-1158

  Defeu Soufo, Hervé Joël ^a   Graumann, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MREB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649543920     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07395.x     Document Type: Article

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