Structure-function analysis of the Bacillus megaterium GerUD spore germinant receptor protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 24, 2015, Pages

  Gupta, Srishti ^a   Zhou, Ke Xu ^a   Bailey, David M D ^a   Christie, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus; D subunit; Germinant receptor; Germination; Spores

Indexed keywords

D SUBUNIT PROTEIN; GERMINANT RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GERUD PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM GERUD; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM QM B1551; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GFP GENE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SPORE GERMINATION; STOP CODON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSMEMBRANE SPANNING DOMAIN; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84960099320     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv210     Document Type: Article

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