Dual roles of an E-helix residue, Glu167, in the transcriptional activator function of CooA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2573-2581

  Youn, Hwan ^a   Thorsteinsson, Marc V ^a,b   Conrad, Mary ^a   Kerby, Robert L ^a   Roberts, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUMARIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COOA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATION TRANSPORT; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBON MONOXIDE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HEMEPROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 16844375556     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.8.2573-2581.2005     Document Type: Article

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