Crystal structure and induction mechanism of AmiC-AmiR: A ligand-regulated transcription antitermination complex

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5175-5186

  O'Hara, Bernard P ^a,b   Norman, Richard A ^a,c   Wan, Paul T C ^a,b   Roe, S Mark ^a,b   Barrett, Tracey E ^a,b   Drew, Robert E ^a   Pearl, Laurence H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amidase; Response regulator; RNA binding protein; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROGEN BOND; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033214785     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.19.5175     Document Type: Article

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