FtsZ ring stability: Of bundles, tubules, crosslinks, and curves

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1859-1868

  Huang, Kuo Hsiang ^a,b   Durand Heredia, Jorge ^a   Janakiraman, Anuradha ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSEX PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; FZL PROTEIN; FZLA PROTEIN; SEPF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPA PROTEIN; ZAPB PROTEIN; ZAPC PROTEIN; ZAPD PROTEIN; ZIPA PROTEIN;

CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876189962     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02157-12     Document Type: Short Survey

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