Structural insights of HutP-mediated regulation of transcription of the hut operon in Bacillus subtilis

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Kumarevel, Thirumananseri ^a  

^a RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allosteric activation; Anti termination; Attenuation; HutP; Metal ions; Single strand RNA binding proteins; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GAG PROTEIN; GUANINE; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE UTILIZING PROTEIN; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 34247603983     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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