DNA-induced conformational changes in bacteriophage 434 repressor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 859-873

  Ciubotaru, Mihai ^b   Bright, Frank V ^a   Ingersoll, Christine M ^a   Koudelka, Gerald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Dimerization; DNA binding; Oligomerization; Protein conformation

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 434; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033544691     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3269     Document Type: Article

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