The universal stress protein, UspA, of Escherichia coli is phosphorylated in response to stasis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 318-324

  Freestone, Primrose ^a   Nyström, Thomas ^b   Trinei, Mirella ^a   Norris, Vic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Kinase; o591; Starvation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL CYCLE PHASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031555475     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1397     Document Type: Article

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