Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: Analysis of the LuxR DNA binding region by alanine-scanning mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 382-386

  Egland, K A ^a   Greenberg, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUMINESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0035185549     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.1.382-386.2001     Document Type: Article

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