A synthetic Escherichia coli system identifies a conserved origin tethering factor in Actinobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-116

  Donovan, Catriona ^a   Sieger, Boris ^a   Krämer, Reinhard ^a   Bramkamp, Marc ^a  

^a Institute for Biochemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DIVIVA; PROTEIN PARB; PROTEIN PARS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL POLARITY; CENTROMERE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POINT MUTATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 84858862680     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08011.x     Document Type: Article

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