Systematic domain deletion analysis of the major sporulation kinase in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1744-1748

  Eswaramoorthy, Prahathees ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINA KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77949368490     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01481-09     Document Type: Article

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