Crystal Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Factor Regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4069-4074

  Cordes, Timothy J ^a,b   Worzalla, Gregory A ^a   Ginster, Aaron M ^a   Forest, Katrina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR REGULATOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HELIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79961160738     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00666-10     Document Type: Article

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