The lactose repressor system: Paradigms for regulation, allosteric behavior and protein folding

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Wilson, C J ^a,b   Zhan, H ^a,c   Swint Kruse, L ^c   Matthews, K S ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Genetic regulation; Inducer; Lactose repressor; Operator; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; PROTEIN; TETRAMER;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846516797     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6296-z     Document Type: Review

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