Crystal structure of the transcriptional activator HlyU from Vibrio vulnificus CMCP6

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1097-1102

  Nishi, Kosuke ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Park, Suk Youl ^a   Bae, Soo Jang ^b   Lee, Shee Eun ^a   Adams, Paul D ^c   Rhee, Joon Haeng ^b   Kim, Jeong Sun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; HlyU; RtxA; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HOMODIMER; MONOMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN FACTORS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 77950370125     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.052     Document Type: Article

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