Quaternary re-arrangement analysed by spectral enhancement: The interaction of a sporulation repressor with its antagonist

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 997-1004

  Scott, David J ^b   Leejeerajumnean, Suporn ^a   Brannigan, James A ^a   Lewis, Richard J ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a   Hoggett, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Protein protein interaction; SinI; SinR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN; TETRAMER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033550202     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3221     Document Type: Article

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