Two amino acid residues from the DNA-binding domain of MalT play a crucial role in transcriptional activation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Danot, Olivier ^a   Vidal Ingigliardi, Dominique ^a   Raibaud, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

DNA binding domain; Escherichia coli; Malt protein; Maltose regulon; Transcription activation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; MALTOSE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030582422     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0493     Document Type: Article

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