Structure and organisation of SinR, the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-613

  Colledge, Vicki L ^a   Fogg, Mark J ^a   Levdikov, Vladimir M ^a   Leech, Andrew ^a   Dodson, Eleanor J ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; biofilm regulation; crystal structure; repressor; SinR

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; DIMER; GENE PRODUCT; HETERODIMER; MONOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SINI; PROTEIN SINR; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE REPRESSION; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; SINI GENE; SINR GENE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79960906580     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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