ATP- and ADP-DnaA protein, a molecular switch in gene regulation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6169-6176

  Speck, Christian ^a   Weigel, Christoph ^a   Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoregulation of dnaA; BIAcore; Initiation of replication; oriC repression

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE REPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033229814     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.21.6169     Document Type: Article

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