Oligomerization of the response regulator come from streptococcus mutans is affected by phosphorylation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1127-1135

  Hung, David C I ^a   Downey, Jennifer S ^a   Kreth, Jens ^b   Qi, Fengxia ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^c   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^d   Goodman, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN COME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84857821852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06565-11     Document Type: Article

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