Crystal structure of IcaR, a repressor of the TetR family implicated in biofilm formation in staphylococcus epidermidis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1567-1577

  Jeng, Wen Yih ^a,b   Ko, Tzu Ping ^a,b   Liu, Chia I ^a,b,c   Guo, Rey Ting ^a,b,c   Liu, Chien Liang ^a,d   Shr, Hui Lin ^a,b   Wang, Andrew H J ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; ICAR PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 41149083584     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1176     Document Type: Article

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