Characterization of self-association and heteroassociation of bacterial cell division proteins FtsZ and ZipA in solution by composition gradient-static light scattering

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 10780-10787

  Martos, Ariadna ^a   Alfonso, Carlos ^a   López Navajas, Pilar ^a   Ahijado Guzmán, Rubén ^a   Mingorance, Jesús ^b,d   Minton, Allen P ^c   Rivas, Germán ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; ASSOCIATION MODELS; BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION; BOUND STATE; COMPOSITION GRADIENT; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; IN-VIVO; INNER PLASMA; MEMBRANE-BOUND; N-TERMINALS; SEDIMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM; SELF-ASSOCIATIONS; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING; TRANS-MEMBRANE DOMAINS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; REFRACTION; SCATTERING;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

EDETIC ACID; FTSZ PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIP A PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650435603     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi101495x     Document Type: Article

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