Phosphorylation-induced dimerization of the FixJ receiver domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 504-511

  Da Re, Sandra ^a,c   Schumacher, Jörg ^a   Rousseau, Philippe ^a   Fourment, Joëlle ^a   Ebel, Christine ^b   Kahn, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DIMERIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032746809     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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