Genetic and biochemical analysis of the interaction of Bacillus subtilis CodY with branched-chain amino acids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6865-6876

  Villapakkam, Anuradha C ^a,d   Handke, Luke D ^b,e   Belitsky, Boris R ^b   Levdikov, Vladimir M ^c   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^c   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PROTEIN CODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOLEUCINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 70350447811     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00818-09     Document Type: Article

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