Analysis of MreB interactors in Chlamydia reveals a RodZ homolog but fails to detect an interaction with MraY

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Ouellette, Scot P ^a,b   Rueden, Kelsey J ^b   Gauliard, Emilie ^a,c   Persons, Logan ^d   de Boer, Piet A ^d   Ladant, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial two hybrid system; Cell division; Chlamydia; MreB; Protein protein interactions; RodZ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905189777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00279     Document Type: Article

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