Biochemical evidence for ToxR and ToxJ binding to the tox operons of Burkholderia glumae and mutational analysis of ToxR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4870-4878

  Kim, Jinwoo ^a   Oh, Jonghee ^a   Choi, Okhee ^a   Kang, Yongsung ^a   Kim, Hongsup ^a   Goo, Eunhye ^a   Ma, Jun ^b   Nagamatsu, Tomohisa ^b   Moon, Jae Sun ^c   Hwang, Ingyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,8 DIHYDROTOXOFLAVIN; GENE PRODUCT; PLANT TOXIN; PROTEIN TOXJ; PROTEIN TOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; XANTHOTHRICIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA GLUMAE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAIN; HOST RANGE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUORUM SENSING; RICE; TOX GENE; TOXA GENE; TOXF GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BURKHOLDERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PYRIMIDINONES; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA GLUMAE;

EID: 67749124085     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01561-08     Document Type: Article

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