PhhR Binds to Target Sequences at Different Distances with Respect to RNA Polymerase in Order to Activate Transcription

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 576-586

  Herrera, M Carmen ^a   Krell, Tino ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b   Ramos, Juan Luis ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amino acid; DNA binding protein; enhancer; NtrC family

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOST FACTOR 1; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; OLIGOMER; OXOACID; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN PHHR; RNA POLYMERASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 70350711988     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.09.045     Document Type: Article

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