The turgor sensor KdpD of Escherichia coli is a homodimer

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1415, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-124

  Heermann, Ralf ^a   Altendorf, Karlheinz ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimer; Sensor kinase; Signal transduction; Transphosphorylation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 0032449734     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(98)00181-3     Document Type: Article

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