XylS-Pm Promoter Interactions through Two Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs: Identifying XylS Residues Important for DNA Binding and Activation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-69

  Domínguez Cuevas, Patricia ^a   Marín, Patricia ^a   Marqués, Silvia ^a   Ramos, Juan Luis ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

AraC family; DNA contacts; Pseudomonas; transcriptional regulators; XylS

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BINDING PROTEIN; DINUCLEOTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LYSINE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN XYLS; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 36349009319     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

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