The TyrR regulon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-26

  Pittard, James ^a   Camakaris, Helen ^a   Yang, Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYRR; RNA POLYMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULON; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12344317852     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04385.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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