A role for the FtsQLB complex in cytokinetic ring activation revealed by an ftsL allele that accelerates division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 925-944

  Tsang, Mary Jane ^a   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FTSQLB COMPLEX; PROTEIN FTSB; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN FTSL; PROTEIN FTSN; PROTEIN FTSQ; PROTEIN ZIPA; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSB PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSL PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSQ PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZIPA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CELL MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FTSL GENE; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CELL WALL; CYTOKINESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 84924577747     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12905     Document Type: Article

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