Conserved C-terminal region of global repressor KorA of broad-host-range plasmid RK2 is required for co-operativity between KorA and a second RK2 global regulator, KorB

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-221

  Kostelidou, Kalliopi ^a   Jones, Antony C ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operativity; Heterologous protein protein interactions; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0033522906     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2761     Document Type: Article

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