Independent and interchangeable multimerization domains of the AbrB, Abh, and SpoVT global regulatory proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6354-6362

  Yao, Fude ^a   Strauch, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ABH; PROTEIN ABRB; PROTEIN SPOVT; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE TARGETING; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 24944529135     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6354-6362.2005     Document Type: Article

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