Residues that influence in vivo and in vitro CbbR function in Rhodobacter sphaeroides and identification of a specific region critical for co-inducer recognition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1397-1414

  Dangel, Andrew W ^a   Gibson, Janet L ^a   Janssen, Anita P ^a   Tabita, F Robert ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CBBR PROTEIN; DNA; KANAMYCIN; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RIBULOSEPHOSPHATES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 23844550590     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04783.x     Document Type: Article

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