A novel membrane-bound toxin for cell division, CptA (YgfX), inhibits polymerization of cytoskeleton proteins, FtsZ and MreB, in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-181

  Masuda, Hisako ^a   Tan, Qian ^a   Awano, Naoki ^b   Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Growth inhibition; Toxin antitoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOSKELETON POLYMERIZATION INHIBITING TOXIN A; CYTOSKELETON POLYMERIZATION INHIBITING TOXIN B; FTSZ PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YGFX TOXIN; YGFY TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GROWTH INHIBITORS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS LIMON; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857236283     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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