Complex interplay between the LysR-type regulator AtzR and its binding site mediates atzDEF activation in response to two distinct signals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-347

  Porrúa, Odil ^a,b,d   Platero, Ana Isabel ^a,b   Santero, Eduardo ^a,b   Del Solar, Gloria ^c   Govantes, Fernando ^a,b  

^a Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATOR BINDING SITE 1; ACTIVATOR BINDING SITE 2; BACTERIAL DNA; CYANURIC ACID; NITROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATZDEF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATZR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 77951159009     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07100.x     Document Type: Article

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