Functional domains of the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor AraR and identification of amino acids important for nucleoprotein complex assembly and effector binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3024-3036

  Franco, Irina Saraiva ^a   Mota, Luís Jaime ^a,c   Soares, Cláudio Manuel ^a   De Sá Nogueira, Isabel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646003235     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.3024-3036.2006     Document Type: Article

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