Urate Is a Ligand for the Transcriptional Regulator PecS

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 402, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-551

  Perera, Inoka C ^a   Grove, Anne ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MarR; Oxidative burst; PecS; Plant immunity; Urate

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE REGULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PECS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE; URATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ERWINIA;

EID: 77956930197     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.053     Document Type: Article

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