RelA functionally suppresses the growth defect caused by a mutation in the G domain of the essential Der protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3236-3243

  Hwang, Jihwan ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DER; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; RELA GENE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; LIGASES; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, BACTERIAL; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 42549155787     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01758-07     Document Type: Article

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