The chaperone GroESL enhances the accumulation of soluble, active TraR protein, a quorum-sensing transcription factor from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3706-3711

  Chai, Yunrong ^a,b   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; GROESL PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; GROESL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; N (3 OXOHEXANOYL) 3 AMINODIHYDRO 2(3H) FURANONE; N-(3-OXOHEXANOYL)-3-AMINODIHYDRO-2(3H)-FURANONE; TRAR PROTEIN, AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOLUBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAPERONINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 66149124074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01434-08     Document Type: Article

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