Essential protein SepF of mycobacteria interacts with FtsZ and MurG to regulate cell growth and division

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1627-1638

  Gupta, Shamba ^a   Banerjee, Srijon Kaushik ^a   Chatterjee, Ayan ^a   Sharma, Arun Kumar ^a   Kundu, Manikuntala ^a   Basu, Joyoti ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MURG PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEPF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-N-ACETYLMURAMYL-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE TRANSFERASE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84989788671     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000108     Document Type: Editorial

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