Nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of the periplasmic signalling domain of the TonB-dependent outer membrane transporter FecA from Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1226-1237

  Garcia Herrero, Alicia ^a   Vogel, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DENSITY; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 28244476414     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04889.x     Document Type: Article

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