Crystal structures of CheY from Thermotoga maritima do not support conventional explanations for the structural basis of enhanced thermostability

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-412

  Usher, Ken C ^a   De La Cruz, Aida Flor A ^a,c   Dahlquist, Frederick W ^a   Swanson, Ronald V ^b,d   Simon, Melvin I ^b   Remington, S James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Recombinant BioCatalysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Protein crystallography; Signal transduction; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0031952431     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070221     Document Type: Article

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