Disulphide trapping of an in vivo energy-dependent conformation of Escheriohia coli TonB protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 276-288

  Ghosh, Joydeep ^a,b   Postle, Kathleen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; PROTEIN TONB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SULFIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12344263219     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04384.x     Document Type: Article

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