Primary and secondary modes of DNA recognition by the NarL two-component response regulator

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 14538-14552

  Maris, Ann E ^a,b   Kaczor Grzeskowiak, Maria ^a   Ma, Zhongcai ^a   Kopka, Mary L ^a   Gunsalus, Robert P ^a   Dickerson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; HYDROGEN BONDS; OLIGOMERS;

COCRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA RECOGNITION; NARL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BASE; GUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN NARL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27644557269     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050734u     Document Type: Article

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