Purification and characterization of Sa-Lrp, a DNA-binding protein from the extreme thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius homologous to the bacterial global transcriptional regulator Lrp

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3661-3672

  Enoru Eta, Julius ^a   Gigot, Daniel ^b   Thia Toong, Thia Lin ^a   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^a,b   Charlier, Daniel ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TATA BOX; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034044849     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3661-3672.2000     Document Type: Article

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