Modular structure of the Rhizobium meliloti DctB protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Giblin, Linda ^a   Archdeacon, John ^a   O'Gara, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autophosphorylation; DctB sensor protein; Intramolecular complementation; Rhizobium meliloti; Transmitter domain

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029943860     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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