A new LexA-based genetic system for monitoring and analyzing protein heterodimerization in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-212

  Dmitrova, M ^a   Younes Cauet G ^a   Oertel Buchheit, P ^a   Porte, D ^a   Schnarr, M ^a   Granger Schnarr, M ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Fos; Jun; Leucine zipper; LexA repressor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLORIMETRY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, FOS; GENES, JUN; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031908629     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050640     Document Type: Article

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