Probing the impact of ligand binding on the Acyl-homoserine lactone-hindered transcription factor EsaR of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6315-6322

  Schu, Daniel J ^a,b   Ramachandran, Revathy ^a   Geissinger, Jared S ^a   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LACTONE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ESAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE FUNCTION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUORUM SENSING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANTOEA; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80655125447     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05956-11     Document Type: Article

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