Emergence of novel functions in transcriptional regulators by regression to stem protein types

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 907-919

  Galvão, Teca Calcagno ^a   Mencía, Mario ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AMINO ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DINITROBENZENES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REGULATOR; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 34547689731     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05832.x     Document Type: Article

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