Structural transitions in the FixJ receiver domain

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1517-1526

  Gouet, Patrice ^a   Fabry, Béatrice ^a   Guillet, Valérie ^a   Birck, Catherine ^a   Mourey, Lionel ^a   Kahn, Daniel ^b   Samama, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; Nitrogenfixation regulation; Protein protein interface; Response regulator; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GEOMETRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0033572771     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)88342-2     Document Type: Article

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