Functional modes of the regulatory arm of AraC

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-91

  Rodgers, Michael E ^a   Holder, Nakisha D ^a   Dirla, Stephanie ^a   Schleif, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AraC; Domain immobilization; Gasket; Gene regulation; NMR HSQC; Peptidyl arm; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; ARAC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NITROGEN 15; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRYPSIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78650420644     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22137     Document Type: Article

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