Roles for both FtsA and the FtsBLQ subcomplex in FtsN-stimulated cell constriction in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 945-970

  Liu, Bing ^a   Persons, Logan ^a,b   Lee, Lynda ^a   de Boer, Piet A J ^a  

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

^b STERIS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSB PROTEIN; FTSBLQ SUBCOMPLEX; FTSL PROTEIN; FTSN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSB PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSL PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSN PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSQ PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL CONSTRICTION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FISSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 84924595732     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12906     Document Type: Article

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