Covalently linking the Escherichia coli global anaerobic regulator FNR in tandem allows it to function as an oxygen stable dimer

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-48

  Shan, Yue ^a   Pan, Qing ^a   Liu, Junyan ^a   Huang, Feijuang ^a   Sun, Hongzhe ^a   Nishino, Kunihiko ^b   Yan, Aixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMSA; FNR; Transcription regulator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; FUMARATE AND NITRATE REDUCTION PROTEIN; MONOMER; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COVALENT BOND; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862821325     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.01.121     Document Type: Article

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