Structural basis for regulation of rhizobial nodulation and symbiosis gene expression by the regulatory protein NolR

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

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6509-6514

  Lee, Soon Goo ^a   Krishnan, Hari B ^b   Jez, Joseph M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein structure; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NOLR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALORIMETRY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHIZOBIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYMBIOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 84899632451     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402243111     Document Type: Article

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