Physicochemical properties and distinct DNA binding capacity of the repressor of temperate Staphylococcus aureus phage φ11

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1975-1985

  Ganguly, Tridib ^a   Das, Malabika ^a   Bandhu, Amitava ^a   Chanda, Palas K ^a   Jana, Biswanath ^a   Mondal, Rajkrishna ^a   Sau, Subrata ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dimer; Major groove; Operator; Phage 11; Repressor (CI)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 11; BASE PAIRING; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62149086949     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06924.x     Document Type: Article

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