A biochemical characterization of the DNA binding activity of the response regulator VicR from streptococcus mutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ayala, Eduardo ^a   Downey, Jennifer S ^a   Mashburn Warren, Lauren ^b   Senadheera, Dilani B ^c   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^c   Goodman, Steven D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEIN VICR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; PROTEIN BINDING; YYCF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; START CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84907212700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108027     Document Type: Article

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