Stability and oligomerization of recombinant GadX, a transcriptional activator of the Escherichia coli glutamate decarboxylase system

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1647, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 376-380

  Tramonti, A ^a   De Canio, M ^a   Bossa, F ^a   De Biase, D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; AraC XylS like transcriptional activator; Escherichia coli; Fusion protein; Glutamate decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GADX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GADX PROTEIN, E COLI; MALE PROTEIN, E COLI; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037974543     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-9639(03)00098-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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