Inactivation of the nod box distal half-site allows tetrameric NodD to activate nodA transcription in an inducer-independent manner

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3143-3156

  Feng, Jie ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Hu, Hai Liang ^a   Chen, Xiao Chun ^a   Hong, Guo Fan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FLAVONOID; GUANINE; PROTEIN NODA; PROTEIN NODD; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TETRAMER; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; NARINGENIN; NODA PROTEIN, RHIZOBIALES; NODD PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INVERTED REPEAT; MODULATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0038239271     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg411     Document Type: Article

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