Negative-stain electron microscopy of inside-out FtsZ rings reconstituted on artificial membrane tubules show ribbons of protofilaments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-68

  Milam, Sara L ^a   Osawa, Masaki ^a   Erickson, Harold P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGATIVE STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84863500867     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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