The structure of plasmid-encoded transcriptional repressor CopG unliganded and bound to its operator

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 7404-7415

  Xavier Gomis Ruth F ^a   Solà, Maria ^a   Acebo, Paloma ^b   Párraga, Antonio ^a   Guasch, Alicia ^a   Eritja, Ramón ^c   González, Ana ^d   Espinosa, Manuel ^b   Solar, Gloria Del ^b   Coll, Miquel ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CopG; Plasmid; Protein DNA complex; Transcriptional repressor; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPERATOR GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0039985836     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.24.7404     Document Type: Article

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