Heterotrimerization of P(II)-like signalling proteins: Implications for P(II)-mediated signal transduction systems

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 338-349

  Forchhammer, Karl ^a,c   Hedler, Andrea ^a   Strobel, Heike ^b,d   Weiss, Verena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLNK PROTEIN, AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE NTRB; PROTEIN KINASE-PHOSPHATASE NTRB; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REGULATOR; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; URIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0032588187     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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