Exclusion of assembled MreB by anionic phospholipids at cell poles confers cell polarity for bidirectional growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 472-486

  Kawazura, Takuma ^a   Matsumoto, Kanon ^a   Kojima, Koki ^a   Kato, Fumiya ^a   Kanai, Tomomi ^a   Niki, Hironori ^b,c   Shiomi, Daisuke ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A22 PROTEIN INHIBITOR; ANIONIC PHOSPHOLIPID; CARDIOLIPIN; MREB PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,6-DICHLOROBENZYLTHIOPSEUDOUREA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN, E COLI; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS (ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM); BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIDIRECTIONAL GROWTH; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERIZATION; THIOUREA;

EID: 85013649814     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13639     Document Type: Article

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