Function of the N-terminal region of the phosphate-sensing histidine kinase, SphS, in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2256-2264

  Kimura, Satoshi ^a   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Iwane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN SPHS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 69949135353     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.028514-0     Document Type: Article

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