Structural basis of a protein partner switch that regulates the general stress response of α-proteobacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Herrou, Julien ^a   Rotskoff, Grant ^a   Luo, Yun ^a   Roux, Benoît ^a   Crosson, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHYR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; ENZYME REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRESS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (PHOSPHORYLATING); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84861427602     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116887109     Document Type: Article

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