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Conformation of a plasmid replication initiator protein affects its proteolysis by ClpXP system

  1. Marcin Pierechod1,
  2. Agnieszka Nowak1,
  3. Anna Saari1,
  4. Elzbieta Purta2,3,
  5. Janusz M. Bujnicki2,4,
  6. Igor Konieczny1,*

Article first published online: 28 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.68

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 3, pages 637–649, March 2009

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Pierechod, M., Nowak, A., Saari, A., Purta, E., Bujnicki, J. M. and Konieczny, I. (2009), Conformation of a plasmid replication initiator protein affects its proteolysis by ClpXP system. Protein Science, 18: 637–649. doi: 10.1002/pro.68

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  1. 1

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk, 80-822 Gdansk, Poland

  2. 2

    Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland

  3. 3

    PhD school, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland

  4. 4

    Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznan, Poland

*Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk, 80-822 Gdansk, Poland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 28 JAN 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 28 JAN 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 12 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 4 DEC 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 30 APR 2008

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  • Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Grant Number: 2P04A02730
  • NIH. Grant Number: 1R01GM081680
  • EU 6FP. Grant Number: MRTNCT-2005-019566
  • The Foundation for Polish Science and EMBO/HHMI Young Investigator Programme

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