Biochemical and Biophysical Properties of the CO-Sensing Transcriptional Activator CooA

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 825-831

  Aono, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GAS SENSOR PROTEIN; HEME; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0344066227     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020097p     Document Type: Article

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