Signal-dependent DNA binding and functional domains of the quorum-sensing activator TraR as identified by repressor activity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 9009-9014

  Luo, Zhao Qing ^a   Farrand, Stephen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactones; Autoinduction; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DNA; GLYCINE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REPRESSOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0033529944     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.16.9009     Document Type: Article

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