An intrinsically disordered linker plays a critical role in bacterial cell division

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-10

  Buske, P J ^a   Mittal, Anuradha ^b   Pappu, Rohit V ^b   Levin, Petra Anne ^c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cell division; Cooperative assembly; Cytokinetic ring; FtsZ; Intrinsically disordered peptide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADDUCIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LIPOSOME; MOLECULAR MOTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMNION BAND; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOKINESIS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATABLE LIGHT MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TURNOVER TIME; WILD TYPE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84924061187     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.09.017     Document Type: Review

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