A search for amino acid substitutions that universally activate response regulators

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 887-901

  Smith, Jenny G ^a,c   Latiolais, Jamie A ^a,d   Guanga, Gerald P ^a,e   Pennington, J Daniel ^b,f   Silversmith, Ruth E ^a   Bourret, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Wilson Psychiatric Associates   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEY KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1242342943     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03882.x     Document Type: Article

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