Autoinducer binding by the quorum-sensing regulator TraR increases affinity for target promoters in vitro and decreases TraR turnover rates in whole cells

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

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4832-4837

  Zhu, Jun ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Pheromone; Transcription

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; PHEROMONES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033609151     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.9.4832     Document Type: Article

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