Two regions of Bacillus subtilis transcription factor SpoIIID allow a monomer to bind DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1596-1606

  Himes, Paul ^a   McBryant, Steven J ^b   Kroos, Lee ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MONOMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPO3D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WINGED HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DRUG DESIGN; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77949416223     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01506-09     Document Type: Article

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