Purification and in vitro characterization of the Serratia marcescens NucC protein, a zinc-binding transcription factor homologous to P2 Ogr

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1808-1816

  McAlister, Victor ^a   Zou, Chao ^a,c   Winslow, Robert H ^a   Christie, Gail E ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aventis Pharmaceuticals ^*  (United States)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; NUCC PROTEIN; PROTEIN OGR; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037334842     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1808-1816.2003     Document Type: Article

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