A structural model of anti-anti-σ inhibition by a two-component receiver domain: The PhyR stress response regulatormmi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-304

  Herrou, Julien ^a   Foreman, Robert ^a   Fiebig, Aretha ^a   Crosson, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NEPR PROTEIN; PHYR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 78649344439     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07323.x     Document Type: Article

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