Repressor for the sn-glycerol 3-phosphate regulon of Escherichia coli K-12: Primary structure and identification of the DNA-binding domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7080-7089

  Zeng, Gang ^a,b   Ye, Shanzhang ^a,c   Larson, Timothy J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Res Inst Genetic and Hum Ther   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030459910     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7080-7089.1996     Document Type: Article

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