Phosphorylation of bacillus subtilis gene regulator AbrB modulates its DNA-binding properties

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1129-1141

  Kobir, Ahasanul ^a   Poncet, Sandrine ^a   Bidnenko, Vladimir ^a   Delumeau, Olivier ^a   Jers, Carsten ^a   Zouhir, Samira ^b   Grenha, Rosa ^b   Nessler, Sylvie ^b,c   Noirot, Phillipe ^a   Mijakovic, Ivan ^a,d  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPEPTIDASE; PROTEIN ABRB; PROTEIN PRKC; PROTEIN PRKD; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN YABT; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901404149     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12617     Document Type: Article

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