Four signalling domains in the hybrid histidine protein kinase RodK of Myxococcus xanthus are required for activity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 525-534

  Rasmussen, Anders Aa ^a   Wegener Feldbrügge, Sigrun ^b   Porter, Steven L ^c   Armitage, Judith P ^c   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RODK KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FRUITING BODY; MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

KINETICS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33645297127     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05118.x     Document Type: Article

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