The lac repressor

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 328, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 521-548

  Lewis, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

lac repressor; Operator and inducer binding sites; T and R sites; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA HELIX; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444411150     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.04.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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