A lethal mutant of the catabolite gene activator protein CAP of Escherichia coli

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1153-1162

  Lopata, Michael ^a   Schlieper, Daniel ^a   Von Wilcken Bergmann, Brigitte ^a   Müller Hill, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAP protein; DNA bending; Protein DNA interactions; Specificity change

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETHAL MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030684772     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.10.1153     Document Type: Article

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