Probing interactions of the homotrimeric PII signal transduction protein with its receptors by use of PII heterotrimers formed in vitro from wild- type and mutant subunits

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4354-4360

  Jiang, Peng ^a   Zucker, Phyllis ^a   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RENATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030808284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4354-4360.1997     Document Type: Article

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