Arm-domain interactions in AraC

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 539-548

  Saviola, Beatrice ^a   Seabold, Robert ^a   Schleif, Robert F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Affinity; Arm; Domain domain; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032496415     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1712     Document Type: Article

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