Characterization of the Phd repressor-antitoxin boundary

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 765-770

  McKinley, James Estle ^a   Magnuson, Roy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; METHIONINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHD; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR ANTITOXIN PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENES, VIRAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 11844282843     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.765-770.2005     Document Type: Article

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