The C-terminal region of Escherichia coli MutS and protein oligomerization

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 412-417

  Miguel, Virginia ^a   Pezza, Roberto J ^b   Argaraña, Carlos E ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Mismatch repair; MutS protein; Tetramer formation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN MUTS; TETRAMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34447251846     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.056     Document Type: Article

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