FtsZ in bacterial cytokinesis: Cytoskeleton and force generator all in one

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 504-528

  Erickson, Harold P ^a   Anderson, David E ^a   Osawa, Masaki ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHOXYBENZAMIDE; ACTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MINC PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PC 190723; PROTOFILAMENT; SULFOTRANSFERASE 1A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RING OPENING;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650078263     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00021-10     Document Type: Review

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