Mutagenesis of region 4 of sigma 28 from chlamydia trachomatis defines determinants for protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 651-660

  Hua, Ziyu ^a,b   Rao, Xiancai ^a,b   Feng, Xiaogeng ^b   Luo, Xudong ^a   Liang, Yanmei ^a   Shen, Li ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 58649100907     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01083-08     Document Type: Article

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