Chlamydial GroEL autoregulates its own expression through direct interactions with the HrcA repressor protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7535-7542

  Wilson, Adam C ^a   Wu, Christine C ^b   Yates III, John R ^c   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; PROTEIN DNAK; PROTEIN HRCA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GROEL PROTEIN; GROES PROTEIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 27144468974     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.21.7535-7542.2005     Document Type: Article

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