The essential role of SepF in mycobacterial division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 560-576

  Gola, Susanne ^a   Munder, Thomas ^b   Casonato, Stefano ^c,d   Manganelli, Riccardo ^c   Vicente, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; SEPF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPF GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84937976428     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13050     Document Type: Article

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