The hierarchy of KorB binding at its 12 binding sites on the broad-host-range plasmid RK2 and modulation of this binding by IncC1 protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-422

  Kostelidou, Kalliopi ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global regulator KorB; IncC protein; Operator hierarchy; Plasmid RK2; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034695418     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3359     Document Type: Article

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