Assembly of the Caulobacter cell division machine

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1680-1698

  Goley, Erin D ^a   Yeh, Yi Chun ^a   Hong, Sun Hae ^a   Fero, Michael J ^a   Abeliuk, Eduardo ^a   Mcadams, Harley H ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DIVISOME PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79958782165     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07677.x     Document Type: Article

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