The DNA binding protein Tfx from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum: Structure, DNA binding properties and transcriptional regulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 641-650

  Hochheimer, Andreas ^a,b   Hedderich, Reiner ^a   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032956998     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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