Nucleoid occlusion protein Noc recruits DNA to the bacterial cell membrane

EMBO Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 491-501

  Adams, David William ^a   Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; FtsZ; Noc; Nucleoid occlusion; ParB

Indexed keywords

DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOID OCCLUSION PROTEIN NOC; NUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA HELIX; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923083359     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201490177     Document Type: Article

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