Regulation of protein activity with small-molecule-controlled inteins

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 523-532

  Skretas, Georgios ^a   Wood, David W ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric enzyme; Domain insertion; Intein; Protein function regulation; Protein splicing; Small molecule

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; INTEIN; LIGAND; RNA; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THYROID HORMONE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTROGENS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTEINS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SPLICING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244252218     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04996905     Document Type: Article

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