Structure of GrlR-GrlA complex that prevents GrlA activation of virulence genes

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Padavannil, Abhilash ^a   Jobichen, Chacko ^a   Mills, Erez ^b   Velazquez Campoy, Adrian ^c,d   Li, Mo ^a   Leung, Ka Yin ^e,f   Mok, Yu Keung ^a   Rosenshine, Ilan ^b   Sivaraman, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^e TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GRLA PROTEIN; GRLR PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE; PATHOGEN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84885361634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3546     Document Type: Article

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