Structural characterization of the late competence protein ComFB from Bacillus subtilis

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sysoeva, Tatyana A ^a   Bane, Lukas B ^a   Xiao, Daphne Y ^a   Bose, Baundauna ^a   Chilton, Scott S ^a   Gaudet, Rachelle ^a   Burton, Briana M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ComF operon; Competent Bacillus subtilis; DNA uptake; Late competence operon; Natural transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DIMER; PROTEIN COMFB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMFB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; DIMERIZATION; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 85017330228     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20140174     Document Type: Article

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