Phosphorylation and functional analysis of the sporulation initiation factor Spo0A from Clostridium botulinum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1000-1012

  Wörner, Kristina ^a   Szurmant, Hendrik ^a   Chiang, Christina ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR SP 0A; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA BINDING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

AEROBIC BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 33645084001     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04988.x     Document Type: Article

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