Analysis of the DNA-binding domain of Escherichia coli DnaA protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 557-569

  Blaesing, Franca ^a   Weigel, Christoph ^a   Welzeck, Michaela ^a   Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CODON; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034016324     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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