Insight into centromere-binding properties of ParB proteins: A secondary binding motif is essential for bacterial genome maintenance

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3094-3103

  Sanchez, Aurore ^a,b   Rech, Jérôme ^a,b   Gasc, Cyrielle ^a,b   Bouet, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; LYSINE; PARB PROTEIN; SOPB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING DOMAIN; HELIX TURN HELIX MOTIF; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876388319     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt018     Document Type: Article

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