Probing the Roles of the Two Different Dimers Mediated by the Receiver Domain of the Response Regulator PhoB

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-364

  Mack, Timothy R ^a,b   Gao, Rong ^a,b,c   Stock, Ann M ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

activation; alternate dimers; conformational equilibrium; transcription factor; two component signal transduction

Indexed keywords

DIMER; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 65549104421     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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