Mutational analysis of dimeric linkers in peri-and cytoplasmic domains of histidine kinase DctB reveals their functional roles in signal transduction

Open Biology

Volumn 4, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Jiwei ^a   Yang, Jianguo ^a   Wen, Jin ^a   Yang, Yun ^a   Wei, Xiaolu ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b   Wang, Yi Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DctB; Transmembrane signal transduction; Two component system

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYTOPLASM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84902377940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.140023     Document Type: Article

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