The C-terminal domain of the novel essential protein gcp is critical for interaction with another essential protein yeaZ of staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lei, Ting ^a   Liang, Xudong ^a   Yang, Junshu ^a   Yan, Meiying ^a   Zheng, Li ^a   Walcheck, Bruce ^a   Ji, Yinduo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GCP; PROTEIN YEAZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALANINE; GCP GLYCOPROTEASE, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GCP GENE; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SA1855 GENE; SA1857 GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAZ GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79956290061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020163     Document Type: Article

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