Mutational analysis of the NH2-terminal arms of the trp repressor indicates a multifunctional domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1119-1127

  Mackintosh, Samuel G ^a   McDermott, Patrick F ^a,b   Hurlburt, Barry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031596571     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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