Identification of DNA binding motifs of the mycobacterium tuberculosis phop/phor two-component signal transduction system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cimino, Mena ^a   Thomas, Christophe ^b   Namouchi, Amine ^a   Dubrac, Sarah ^a   Gicquel, Brigitte ^a   Gopaul, Deshmukh N ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PHOP PROTEIN; PHOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FADD21 GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; LIPF GENE; METABOLITE; MSL3 GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PKS2 GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864672437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042876     Document Type: Article

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