Analysis of the DNA-binding sequence specificity of the archaeal transcriptional regulator Ss-LrpB from Sulfolobus solfataricus by systematic mutagenesis and high resolution contact probing

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 623-633

  Peeters, Eveline ^a   Wartel, Carine ^a   Maes, Dominique ^a   Charlier, Daniel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SS LRPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 33846913874     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1095     Document Type: Article

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