Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the MinC-FtsZ Interaction in Bacillus subtilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Blasios, Valdir ^a   Bisson Filho, Alexandre W ^a   Castellen, Patricia ^a,b   Nogueira, Maria Luiza C ^b   Bettini, Jefferson ^c   Portugal, Rodrigo V ^c   Zeri, Ana Carolina M ^b   Gueiros Filho, Frederico J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; MINC PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84875937573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060690     Document Type: Article

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