Oligomerization of Bacillus subtilis DesR is required for fine tuning regulation of membrane fluidity

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1790, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1238-1243

  Najle, Sebastián R ^a   Inda, María E ^a   de Mendoza, Diego ^a   Cybulski, Larisa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Membrane fluidity; Transcriptional regulation; Two component system

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DESR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69949102778     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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