The nucleoid occlusion SlmA protein accelerates the disassembly of the FtsZ protein polymers without affecting their GTPase activity

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Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Cabré, Elisa J ^a   Monterroso, Begoña ^a   Alfonso, Carlos ^a   Sánchez Gorostiaga, Alicia ^b   Reija, Belén ^c   Jiménez, Mercedes ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^b   Zorrilla, Silvia ^a,c   Rivas, Germán ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MINC PROTEIN; SLMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SLMA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DISASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOFILAMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS;

EID: 84929379297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126434     Document Type: Article

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