The Early Divisome Protein FtsA Interacts Directly through Its 1c: Subdomain with the Cytoplasmic Domain of the Late Divisome: Protein FtsN

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1989-2000

  Busiek, Kimberly K ^a   Eraso, Jesus M ^a   Wang, Yipeng ^a,b   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSN PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861204197     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06683-11     Document Type: Article

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