Structural analysis of the genetic switch that regulates the expression of restriction-modification genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4778-4787

  McGeehan, John E ^a   Streeter, Simon D ^a   Thresh, Sarah J ^a   Ball, Neil ^a   Ravelli, Raimond B G ^b   Kneale, G Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIMER; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GLUTAMINE; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 49249132732     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn448     Document Type: Article

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