DNA Interaction and Phosphotransfer of the C 4-Dicarboxylate-Responsive DcuS-DcuR Two-Component Regulatory System from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1879-1889

  Abo Amer, Aly E ^a   Munn, Jonathan ^a   Jackson, Kerry ^a   Aktas, Murat ^a,c   Golby, Paul ^a,d   Kelly, David J ^b   Andrews, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CITRIC ACID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS 32; PROTEIN DCUR; PROTEIN DCUS; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542376954     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1879-1889.2004     Document Type: Article

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