Specific DNA binding and regulation of its own expression by the aidB protein in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6136-6142

  Rippa, Valentina ^a   Amoresano, Angela ^a   Esposito, Carla ^a   Landini, Paolo ^b   Volkert, Michael ^c   Duilio, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN AIDB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649372951     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00858-10     Document Type: Article

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