Evidence for common sites of contact between the antisigma factor SpoIIAB and its partners SpoIIAA and the developmental transcription factor σ(F) in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 557-568

  Garsin, Danielle A ^a   Paskowitz, Daniel M ^a,b   Duncan, Leonard ^a,c   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisigma factor; Bacillus subtilis; Protein protein interactions; Serine and histidine kinases; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032484031     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2201     Document Type: Article

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