Interactions of the energy transducer TonB with noncognate energy-harvesting complexes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 421-427

  Brinkman, Kerry K ^a,b   Larsen, Ray A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXBB PROTEIN; EXBD PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOLA; PROTEIN TOLQ; PROTEIN TOLR; PROTEIN TONB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NON COGNATE ENERGY HARVESTING COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; SINGLE COPY GENE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

GOSSWEILERODENDRON BALSAMIFERUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 37549041678     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01093-07     Document Type: Article

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