Aromatic ligand binding and intramolecular signalling of the phenol-responsive σ54-dependent regulator DmpR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-141

  O'Neill, Eric ^a   Ng, Lee Ching ^a   Sze, Chun Chau ^a   Shingler, Victoria ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHENOL; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGANDS; PHENOLS; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031945812     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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