Influence of PAS Domain Flanking Regions on Oligomerisation and Redox Signalling By NifL

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Little, Richard ^a   Slavny, Peter ^a,b   Dixon, Ray ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOSOLIC OXYGEN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NIFL PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PAS1 PROTEIN; PAS2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EFFECTOR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84867295607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046651     Document Type: Article

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