Mutational analysis of the transcriptional regulator GcvA: Amino acids important for activation, repression, and DNA binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4865-4871

  Jourdan, Alissa D ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCINE; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; PURINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031655736     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.18.4865-4871.1998     Document Type: Article

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