The quorum-sensing transcription factor TraR decodes its DNA binding site by direct contacts with DNA bases and by detection of DNA flexibility

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 245-256

  White, Catharine E ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BASE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TRAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EXPERIMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUORUM SENSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 33947242434     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05647.x     Document Type: Article

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