Identification of Escherichia coli ZapC (YcbW) as a component of the division apparatus that binds and bundles FtsZ polymers

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1393-1404

  Hale, Cynthia A ^a   Shiomi, Daisuke ^b   Liu, Bing ^a   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^a,d   Margolin, William ^b   Niki, Hironori ^c   De Boer, Piet A J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPA PROTEIN; ZIPA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952401787     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01245-10     Document Type: Article

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