The transmembrane domains of the sensor kinase KdpD of Escherichia coli are not essential for sensing K+ limitation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 839-848

  Heermann, Ralf ^a   Fohrmann, Andy ^a   Altendorf, Karlheinz ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POTASSIUM ION; PROLINE; PROTEIN KDPD; PROTEIN PUTP; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037238108     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03348.x     Document Type: Article

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