Chapter 1 Variation in Form and Function. The Helix-Turn-Helix Regulators of the GntR Superfamily

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-22

  Hoskisson, Paul A ^a   Rigali, Sébastien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; DNA binding; GntR; Helix turn helix; Repressor protein; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GNTR REGULATOR PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 69249166013     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(09)69001-8     Document Type: Review

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