The Streptococcus mutans IrvR repressor is a CI-like regulator that functions through autocleavage and Clp-dependent proteolysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1586-1595

  Niu, Guoqing ^a   Okinaga, Toshinori ^a   Qi, Fengxia ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; EPITOPE; LEXA PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEASE CLPCP; PROTEASE CLPXP; PROTEIN IRVR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON, INITIATOR; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77949342122     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01261-09     Document Type: Article

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