A region of Bacillus subtilis CodY protein required for interaction with DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4127-4139

  Joseph, Pascale ^a   Ratnayake Lecamwasam, Manoja ^a,b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN CODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIRMICUTES;

EID: 20444455445     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.4127-4139.2005     Document Type: Article

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