Mutations in Escherichia coli ExbB transmembrane domains identify scaffolding and signal transduction functions and exclude participation in a proton pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2898-2911

  Baker, Kristin R ^a   Postle, Kathleen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXBB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTON PUMPS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARNESS;

EID: 84880032567     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00017-13     Document Type: Article

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