Spx (YjbD), a negative effector of competence in Bacillus subtilis, enhances ClpC-MecA-ComK interaction

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1341-1349

  Nakano, Michiko M ^a   Nakano, Shunji ^a   Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIOR FACTOR COMK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLPC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; COMK PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036015647     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02963.x     Document Type: Article

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