ExsA and LcrF recognize similar consensus binding sites, but differences in their oligomeric state influence interactions with promoter DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 5639-5650

  King, Jessica M ^b   Bartra, Sara Schesser ^a   Plano, Gregory ^a   Yahr, Timothy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; EXSA PROTEIN; LCRF PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONSTRUCT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION SITE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84890212811     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00990-13     Document Type: Article

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