Ss-LrpB, a novel Lrp-like regulator of Sulfolobus solfataricus P2, binds cooperatively to three conserved targets in its own control region

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-336

  Peelers, Eveline ^a   Thia Toong, Thia Lin ^a   Gigot, Daniel ^b   Maes, Dominique ^c   Charlier, Daniel ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SS LRPB; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 6344272907     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04274.x     Document Type: Article

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