Mutational analysis of Era, an essential GTP-binding protein of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Shimamoto, Toshi ^a,b   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Era; Escherichia coli; GTP binding protein; GTPase

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030039899     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00493-9     Document Type: Article

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