Immunity proteins and their specificity for endonuclease colicins: Telling right from wrong in protein-protein recognition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-233

  Kleanthous, Colin ^a   Hemmings, Andrew M ^a   Moore, Geoffrey R ^a   James, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLICINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031939176     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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