Identification of the domains for DNA binding and transactivation function of C protein from bacteriophage Mu

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 272-282

  Paul, Bindu Diana ^a   Kanhere, Aditi ^a   Chakraborty, Atanu ^a   Bansal, Manju ^a   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Helix turn helix; Molecular modeling; Paired protein; Phage mu; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN C; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU;

EID: 0038337080     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10413     Document Type: Article

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