Identification of functionally important TonB-exbD periplasmic domain interactions In vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3078-3087

  Ollis, Anne A ^a,b   Postle, Kathleen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN EXBD; PROTEIN TONB; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864021815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00018-12     Document Type: Article

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