MamK, a bacterial actin, forms dynamic filaments in vivo that are regulated by the acidic proteins MamJ and LimJ

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-354

  Draper, Olga ^a   Byrne, Meghan E ^a   Li, Zhuo ^b,c   Keyhani, Sepehr ^a   Barrozo, Joyce Cueto ^a   Jensen, Grant ^b   Komeili, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c City of Hope   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIMJ; PROTEIN MAMJ; PROTEIN MAMK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM AMB-1;

EID: 80053944902     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07815.x     Document Type: Article

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