Macromolecular interactions of the bacterial division FtsZ protein: From quantitative biochemistry and crowding to reconstructing minimal divisomes in the test tube

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-77

  Rivas, Germán ^a   Alfonso, Carlos ^a   Jiménez, Mercedes ^a   Monterroso, Begoña ^a   Zorrilla, Silvia ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biophysical methods; Mechanistic biochemistry; Physical biochemistry; Protein membrane interactions; Protein protein interactions; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84877036115     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-013-0115-1     Document Type: Review

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