Modular Organization of the Phd Repressor/Antitoxin Protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2692-2698

  Smith, Jeremy Allen ^a   Magnuson, Roy David ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTITOXINS; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1942443645     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2692-2698.2004     Document Type: Article

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