Functional similarities between the Listeria monocytogenes virulence regulator PrfA and cyclic AMP receptor protein: The PrfA (Gly145ser) mutation increases binding affinity for target DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6655-6660

  Vega, Yolanda ^a   Dickneite, Carmen ^b   Ripio, María Teresa ^a   Böckmann, Regine ^b   González Zorn, Bruno ^a   Novella, Susana ^a   Domínguez Bernal, Gustavo ^a   Goebel, Werner ^b   Vázquez Boland, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; DNA FRAGMENT; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PICA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032414759     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6655-6660.1998     Document Type: Article

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