Functional and Structural Characterization of EnvZ, an Osmosensing Histidine Kinase of E. coli

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 423, Issue , 2007, Pages 184-202

  Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Phadtare, Sangita ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENVZ ENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34250887615     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)23008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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