Last but not least: New insights into how FtsN triggers constriction during Escherichiacoli cell division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 903-909

  Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSN PROTEIN; FTSQLB COMPLEX; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIPA PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSN PROTEIN, E COLI; ZIPA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84924390095     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12925     Document Type: Article

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