Novel substitutions in the σ54-dependent activator DctD that increase dependence on upstream activation sequences or uncouple ATP hydrolysis from transcriptional activation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-44

  Xu, Hao ^a,c   Kelly, Mary T ^a,d   Nixon, B Tracy ^b   Hoover, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DCTD; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DCTD PROTEIN, RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION;

NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4744358679     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04246.x     Document Type: Article

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