Evaluation of the DNA binding tendencies of the transition state regulator AbrB

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 16106-16118

  Bobay, Benjamin G ^a   Benson, Linda ^b   Naylor, Stephen ^b,d   Feeney, Brett ^a   Clark, A Clay ^a   Goshe, Michael B ^a   Strauch, Mark A ^c   Thompson, Richele ^a   Cavanagh, John ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BINDING TENDENCIES; MACROMOLECULAR STATES; PROKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS;

DNA;

DNA; PROTEIN ABRB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE TARGETING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; KINETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 11144316798     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048399h     Document Type: Article

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