Structure and Function of the Arginine Repressor-Operator Complex from Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-298

  Garnett, James A ^a   Marincs, Ferenc ^a   Baumberg, Simon ^a   Stockley, Peter G ^a   Phillips, Simon E V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arginine repressor activator; crystal structure; gene array; structure function; transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BASE; DIMER; DNA; HYDROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 43049109103     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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