Influence of operator site geometry on transcriptional control by the YefM-YoeB toxin-antitoxin complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 762-772

  Bailey, Simon E S ^a,b   Hayes, Finbarr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ICS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; ARGININE; DNA; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; TOXIN; TOXIN ANTITOXIN COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YEFM YOEB TOXIN ANTITOXIN COMPLEX; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; YEFM PROTEIN, E COLI; YOEB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA HELIX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 63449088634     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01331-08     Document Type: Article

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