Crystallographic snapshot of cellulose synthesis and membrane translocation

Nature

Volumn 493, Issue 7431, 2013, Pages 181-186

  Morgan, Jacob L W ^a   Strumillo, Joanna ^a,b   Zimmer, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CYCLIC GMP; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH FORM; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOBACTER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84872141928     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11744     Document Type: Article

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