Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli Rob transcription factor in complex with DNA

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 424-430

  Kwon, Hyock Joo ^a,b   Bennik, Marjon H J ^c,d   Demple, Bruce ^c   Ellenberger, Tom ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0001759947     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75213     Document Type: Review

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