Domain structure, oligomeric state, and mutational analysis of PpsR, the Rhodobacter sphaeroides repressor of photosystem gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2253-2261

  Gomelsky, Mark ^a,c   Horne, Irene M ^b   Lee, Hye Joo ^a,d   Pemberton, John M ^b   McEwan, Alastair G ^b   Kaplan, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0034087474     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2253-2261.2000     Document Type: Article

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