Three-dimensional crystal structure of the transcription factor PhoB receiver domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 675-687

  Solà, Maria ^a   Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^a   Serrano, Luis ^b   González, Ana ^c   Coll, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

PhoB; Phosphate regulation; Transcription factor; Two component signal transduction; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344142378     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2326     Document Type: Article

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