MgATP binding and hydrolysis determinants of NtrC, a bacterial enhancer- binding protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4628-4638

  Rombel, Irene ^a,c   Peters Wendisch, Petra ^a   Mesecar, Andrew ^b,d   Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir ^b,e   Shin, Yeon Kyun ^b   Kustu, Sydney ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032766242     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4628-4638.1999     Document Type: Article

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