Dynamic FtsA and FtsZ localization and outer membrane alterations during polar growth and cell division in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 9060-9065

  Zupan, John R ^a   Cameron, Todd A ^a   Anderson Furgeson, James ^a   Zambryski, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium cell cycle; Bacterial cell division; Bacterial cell growth; Peptidoglycan synthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBENICILLIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM CELL CYCLE; BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION; BACTERIAL CELL GROWTH; PEPTIDOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBENICILLIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 84878467761     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307241110     Document Type: Article

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