Residues involved in FecR binding are localized on one side of the FecA signaling domain in Eschenchia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6440-6442

  Breidenstein, Elena ^a   Mahren, Susanne ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mikrobiologie/Membranphysiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FECA PROTEIN; FECR PROTEIN; FERRIC CITRATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEC GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749009804     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00741-06     Document Type: Article

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