In Vivo and in Vitro Investigation of Transcriptional Regulation by DntR

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-582

  Lönneborg, Rosa ^a   Smirnova, Irina ^b   Dian, Cyril ^c   Leonard, Gordon A ^c   Brzezinski, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

bacterial biosensor; crystal structure; inducer binding; LysR family; transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN DNTR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA;

EID: 34548189428     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.076     Document Type: Article

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