Receiver domain structure and function in response regulator proteins

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Bourret, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; PHOSPHOAMINO ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77949880884     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.01.015     Document Type: Review

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