Spatiotemporal organization of microbial cells by protein concentration gradients

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 65-73

  Kiekebusch, Daniela ^a,b   Thanbichler, Martin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caulobacter crescentus; Cell size homeostasis; Division site placement; MipZ; Nucleoid; ParA; Plasmid P1; Plasmid segregation; Pom1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MIPZ PROTEIN; PARA PROTEIN; PARB PROTEIN; PARS PROTEIN; POM1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LEVEL; CELL SIZE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL SIZE HOMEOSTASIS; DIVISION SITE PLACEMENT; MIPZ; NUCLEOID; PARA; PLASMID P1; PLASMID SEGREGATION; POM1;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EID: 84893700111     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.005     Document Type: Review

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