Structural Analysis of the Peptide Pheromone Receptor PlnB, a Histidine Protein Kinase from Lactobacillus plantarum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6913-6920

  Johnsborg, Ola ^a   Diep, Dzung B ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA LACTAMASE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SWITCHING; HORMONE BINDING; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; IPS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345256335     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.6913-6920.2003     Document Type: Article

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