Chlamydia trachomatis protein GrgA activates transcription by contacting the nonconserved region of σ66

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 16870-16875

  Bao, Xiaofeng ^a   Nickels, Bryce E ^b   Fan, Huizhou ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENERAL REGULATOR OF GENES A PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84867644238     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207300109     Document Type: Article

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