Structural Basis for Converting a General Transcription Factor into an Operon-Specific Virulence Regulator

Molecular Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-129

  Belogurov, Georgiy A ^a   Vassylyeva, Marina N ^b   Svetlov, Vladimir ^a   Klyuyev, Sergiy ^b   Grishin, Nick V ^c,d   Vassylyev, Dmitry G ^b   Artsimovitch, Irina ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NUSG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFAH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPERON; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, GENERAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34147155174     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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