Roles of effectors in XylS-dependent transcription activation: Intramolecular domain derepression and DNA binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3118-3128

  Domínguez Cuevas, Patricia ^a   Marín, Patricia ^a   Busby, Stephen ^b   Ramos, Juan L ^a   Marqués, Silvia ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; ARAC PROTEIN; BENZOIC ACID; PROTEIN XYLS; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOATES; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 42549109171     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01784-07     Document Type: Article

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