Structural analysis of the chromosome segragation protein Spo0J from Thermus thermophilus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-432

  Leonard, Thomas A ^a   Butler, P Jonathan G ^a   Löwe, Jan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARB; PROTEIN PARS; PROTEIN SPOOJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 3242882269     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04133.x     Document Type: Article

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