Functional and structural study of the dimeric inner membrane protein SbmA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5352-5361

  Corbalan, Natalia ^a   Runti, Giulia ^b   Adler, Conrado ^a   Covaceuszach, Sonia ^c   Ford, Robert C ^d   Lamba, Doriano ^c   Beis, Konstantinos ^e,f,g   Scocchi, Marco ^b   Vincent, Paula A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^g RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID; BLEOMYCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SBMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84887523798     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00824-13     Document Type: Article

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