A chlamydia-specific C-terminal region of the stress response regulator hrca modulates its repressor activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6733-6741

  Chen, Allan L ^a   Wilson, Adam C ^a,b   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; CIRCE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR HRCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84855397187     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05792-11     Document Type: Article

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