Nucleoid occlusion factor SlmA is a DNA-activated FtsZ polymerization antagonist

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3773-3778

  Cho, Hongbaek ^a   McManus, Heather R ^a   Dove, Simon L ^a   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton; DNA replication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN SLMA; FTSZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952741894     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018674108     Document Type: Article

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