In vivo DNA-binding and oligomerization properties of the Shigella flexneri AraC-like transcriptional regulator VirF as identified by random and site-specific mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 531-539

  Porter, M E ^a   Dorman, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ICSA; PROTEIN MXIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VIRF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0036135680     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.2.531-539.2002     Document Type: Article

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