The C-terminal linker of Escherichia coliFtsZ functions as an intrinsically disordered peptide

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-275

  Gardner, Kiani A J Arkus ^a   Moore, Desmond A ^a   Erickson, Harold P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADDUCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZIPA; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHIMERA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENTROPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME SIZE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOFILAMENT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84880136225     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12279     Document Type: Article

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