The hybrid histidine kinase DokA is part of the osmotic response system of Dictyostelium

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3880-3889

  Schuster, Stephan C ^a   Noegel, Angelika A ^a   Oehme, Felix ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a   Simon, Melvin I ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Histidine kinase; Osmotic stress; Signal transduction; Two component system

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029783214     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00762.x     Document Type: Article

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