Teaching TetR to recognize a new inducer

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-227

  Scholz, Oliver ^a   Köstner, Martin ^a   Reich, Marco ^a   Gastiger, Susanne ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cmt3; Inducer specificity; Induction; Tet repressor; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

4 BIS(DIMETHYLAMINO) 6 DEOXY 6 NORTETRACYCLINE; DNA; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TET REPRESSOR; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0038737990     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00427-3     Document Type: Article

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