CryoEM and computer simulations reveal a novel kinase conformational switch in bacterial chemotaxis signaling

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue NOVEMBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Cassidy, C Keith ^a,b   Himes, Benjamin A ^c   Alvarez, Frances J ^c   Ma, Jun ^c   Zhao, Gongpu ^c   Perilla, Juan R ^a,b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b   Zhang, Peijun ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ADAPTOR PROTEIN CHEW; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE CHEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84955271813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.08419     Document Type: Article

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