Crystal structure of the C-terminal clock-oscillator domain of the cyanobacterial KaiA protein

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 623-631

  Uzumaki, Tatsuya ^a   Fujita, Masayasu ^a   Nakatsu, Toru ^b,c   Hayashi, Fumio ^a   Shibata, Hiroyuki ^c   Itoh, Noriyo ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^b,c   Ishiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KAIA PROTEIN; KAIB PROTEIN; KAIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DIMERIZATION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; KAIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 3042637775     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb781     Document Type: Article

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