Bacterial cell division regulation by Ser/Thr kinases: A structural perspective

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 756-766

  Ruggiero, Alessia ^a   de Simone, Paola ^a   Smaldone, Giovanni ^a,b   Squeglia, Flavia ^a,b   Berisio, Rita ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell division; Peptidoglycan; Phosphorylation; Structure

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN KINASE;

BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; DIMERIZATION; EUKARYOTE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84874885193     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: 18755550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920312804871201     Document Type: Review

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