Structure/function analysis of the Pantoea stewartii quorum-sensing regulator EsaR as an activator of transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7402-7409

  Schu, Daniel J ^a,c   Carlier, Aurelien L ^b   Jamison, Katherine P ^a   Von Bodman, Susanne ^b   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ESAI; PROTEIN ESAR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUORUM SENSING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PANTOEA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII;

EID: 72449162715     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00994-09     Document Type: Article

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