Dimerisation of the glycophorin A transmembrane segment in membranes probed with the ToxR transcription activator

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 525-530

  Langosch, Dieter ^a   Brosig, Bettina ^a   Kolmar, Harald ^b   Fritz, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly; Glycophorin A; Interaction; ToxR; Transmembrane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030575833     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0595     Document Type: Editorial

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