Bacillus subtilis MreB orthologs self-organize into filamentous structures underneath the cell membrane in a heterologous cell system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dempwolff, Felix ^a   Reimold, Christian ^a   Reth, Michael ^a   Graumann, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MREB PROTEIN; MREBH PROTEIN; RODZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ENDOSOME; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858181839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027035     Document Type: Article

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