A Multi-layered Protein Network Stabilizes the Escherichia coli FtsZ-ring and Modulates Constriction Dynamics

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Buss, Jackson ^a,c   Coltharp, Carla ^a   Shtengel, Gleb ^b   Yang, Xinxing ^a   Hess, Harald ^b   Xiao, Jie ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN MATP; PROTEIN ZAPA; PROTEIN ZAPB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MATP PROTEIN, E COLI; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; ZAPA PROTEIN, E COLI; ZAPB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOTION;

EID: 84930317836     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005128     Document Type: Article

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