Deletion of the putative effector region of Era, an essential GTP-binding protein in Escherichia coli, causes a dominant-negative phenotype

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-55

  Pillutla, Renuka C ^a,c   Ahnn, Joohong ^b   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

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

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030587497     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00292-3     Document Type: Article

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