Characterization of the interaction and cross-regulation of three Mycobacterium tuberculosis RelBE modules

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Yang, Min ^a   Gao, Chunhui ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   He, Zheng Guo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN RELBE; PROTEIN RELF; PROTEIN RELG; PROTEIN RELJ; PROTEIN RELK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH REGULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77956276376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010672     Document Type: Article

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