Insights into the quality of DnaA boxes and their cooperativity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Hansen, Flemming G ^a   Christensen, Bjarke Bak ^a   Nielsen, Christina Bang ^b   Atlung, Tove ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DnaA box consensus sequence; DnaA protein; in vivo titration; mioC promoter; Repression of mioC transcription

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; GENE REPRESSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 28844485320     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.10.036     Document Type: Article

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