The Kil Peptide of Bacteriophage λ Blocks Escherichia coli Cytokinesis via ZipA-Dependent Inhibition of FtsZ Assembly

Daniel P. Haeusser; Marina Hoashi; Anna Weaver; Nathan Brown; James Pan; James A. Sawitzke; Lynn C. Thomason; Donald L. Court; William Margolin

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004217

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The Kil Peptide of Bacteriophage λ Blocks Escherichia coli Cytokinesis via ZipA-Dependent Inhibition of FtsZ Assembly

Daniel P. Haeusser,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Marina Hoashi,

Affiliation National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Anna Weaver,

Affiliation National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Nathan Brown,

Affiliation National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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James Pan,

Affiliation National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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James A. Sawitzke,

Affiliation National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Lynn C. Thomason,

Affiliation Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical, Inc., Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Donald L. Court ,

* E-mail: courtd@mail.nih.gov (DLC); William.Margolin@uth.tmc.edu (WM)

Affiliation National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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William Margolin

* E-mail: courtd@mail.nih.gov (DLC); William.Margolin@uth.tmc.edu (WM)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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The Kil Peptide of Bacteriophage λ Blocks Escherichia coli Cytokinesis via ZipA-Dependent Inhibition of FtsZ Assembly

Daniel P. Haeusser,
Marina Hoashi,
Anna Weaver,
Nathan Brown,
James Pan,
James A. Sawitzke,
Lynn C. Thomason,
Donald L. Court,
William Margolin

Published: March 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004217

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