A new member of the ribbon-helix-helix transcription factor superfamily from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Gallo, Mariana ^a   Ferrari, Elena ^b   Eliseo, Tommaso ^a   Amata, Irene ^a,d   Pertinhez, Thelma A ^b   Katsuyama, Angela M ^c,e   Paci, Maurizio ^a   Farah, Chuck S ^c   Spisni, Alberto ^b   Cicero, Daniel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitoxin; Citrus canker; DNA binding protein; NMR; Ribbon helix helix fold

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RIBBON HELIX HELIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRUS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI;

EID: 77950518443     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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