Structure-based functional studies of the effects of amino acid substitutions in GerBC, the C subunit of the Bacillus subtilis GerBC spore germinant receptor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4143-4152

  Li, Yunfeng ^a   Catta, Parvathimadhavi ^a   Stewart, Kerry Ann V ^a   Dufner, Matthew ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a   Hao, Bing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GERMINANT RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 79961162496     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05247-11     Document Type: Article

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