Analysis of the domain structure and the DNA binding site of the transcriptional activator FhlA

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3672-3684

  Leonhartsberger, Susanne ^c   Ehrenreich, Armin ^b   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Biomax Informatics AG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

54 regulator; Domain structure; FhlA; Hydrogenase; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FHLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0142221443     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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