The dimerization and topological specificity functions of MinE reside in a structurally autonomous C-terminal domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1161-1169

  King, Glenn F ^a,b   Rowland, Susan L ^b   Pan, Borlan ^b   Mackay, Joel P ^a   Mullen, Gregory P ^b   Rothfield, Lawrence I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033038056     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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