A conserved domain in Escherichia coli Lon protease is involved in substrate discriminator activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2236-2243

  Ebel, Wolfgang ^a   Skinner, Monica M ^a   Dierksen, Karen P ^a   Scott, Janelle M ^a   Trempy, Janine E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SULA;

EID: 0032910867     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2236-2243.1999     Document Type: Article

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