Domain analysis of transcriptional regulators bearing PTS regulatory domains

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 519-526

  Greenberg, David B ^a   Stülke, Jörg ^b   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activator; Antiterminator; Evolution; Phosphotransferase system; PTS regulatory domain (PRD); Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036032981     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01362-1     Document Type: Article

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