Formation of the stoichiometric complex of EnvZ, a histidine kinase, with its response regulator, OmpR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1273-1282

  Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Qin, Ling ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMPR KINASE; PROTEIN ENVZ; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVALENT CATION; ENVZ PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OSMOLARITY RESPONSE REGULATOR PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F; PORIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PORINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036886037     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03239.x     Document Type: Article

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