Protein domains and conformational changes in the activation of RepA, a DNA replication initiator

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 4511-4526

  Giraldo, Rafael ^a   Andreu, José M ^a   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; DNA replication; Initiator activation; Protein domains; RepA

Indexed keywords

DIMER; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS; REPLICON; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032479998     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.15.4511     Document Type: Article

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