Functional and structural analysis of HrcA repressor protein from Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6759-6767

  Susin, Michelle F ^a   Perez, Humberto R ^a   Baldini, Regina L ^a   Gomes, Suely L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN GROE; PROTEIN HRCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLING INVERTED REPEAT OF CHAPERONE EXPRESSION; DNA BINDING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROESL GENE; HEAT SHOCK; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHAPERONINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4944247158     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.20.6759-6767.2004     Document Type: Article

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