The protein-DNA contacts in RutR·carAB operator complexes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6286-6300

  Le Minh, Phu Nguyen ^a   Bervoets, Indra ^a   Maes, Dominique ^a   Charlier, Daniel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CARAB; PROTEIN RUTR; QACR PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIGAND; LIGASE; RUTR PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA HELIX; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VALIDITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; URACIL;

EID: 78049431340     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq385     Document Type: Article

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