The response regulator Spo0A from Bacillus subtilis is efficiently phosphorylated in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Ladds, Joanne C ^a   Muchová, Katarína ^b   Blaškovič, Dušan ^b   Lewis, Richard J ^c   Brannigan, James A ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a   Barák, Imrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Histidine kinase; Phosphorylation; Response regulator; Spo0A

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SPO0A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038095209     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00321-5     Document Type: Article

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