The bacterial cell division proteins ftsA and ftsZ self-organize into dynamic cytoskeletal patterns

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-46

  Loose, Martin ^a   Mitchison, Timothy J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84891344282     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2885     Document Type: Article

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