The keepers of the ring: Regulators of FtsZ assembly

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-67

  Ortiz, Cristina ^a   Natale, Paolo ^a   Cueto, Laura ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial division; Central hub; Divisome; FtsZ ring; Septum position

Indexed keywords

CLPXP PROTEASE; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MINCDE PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN; SLMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAP PROTEIN; ZIPA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84962013765     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv040     Document Type: Review

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