Structure of bacterial transcription factor spoIIID and evidence for a novel mode of DNA binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2131-2142

  Chen, Bin ^a   Himes, Paul ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Lu, Zhenwei ^a   Liu, Aizhuo ^a   Yan, Honggao ^a   Kroos, Lee ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPOIIID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SPOIIID PROTEIN, BACILLUS;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETERONUCLEAR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPOROGENESIS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901217772     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01486-13     Document Type: Article

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