A dimeric mutant of the homotetrameric single-stranded DNA binding protein from Escherichia coli

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1325-1333

  Landwehr, Marco ^a   Curth, Ute ^a   Urbanke, Claus ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; DNA replication; Endosymbiotic hypothesis; Mitochondria; Protein design

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIMER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; POLYURIDYLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLY U; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0036753999     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.151     Document Type: Article

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