Probing conservation of HAMP linker structure and signal transduction mechanism through analysis of hybrid sensor kinases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4872-4882

  Appleman, J Alex ^a   Chen, Li Ling ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGAND; LINK PROTEIN; METHYL GROUP; NARQ PROTEIN; NARX PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HAMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042561788     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4872-4882.2003     Document Type: Article

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