Redox-dependent DNA distortion in a SoxR protein-promoter complex studied using fluorescent probes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 389-397

  Fujikawa, Mayu ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Kozawa, Takahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA protein complex; fluorescence; iron sulfur cluster; redox regulation; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PYRROLOCYTOSINE; RNA POLYMERASE; SODIUM DITHIONITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SOXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PROMOTER REGION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84944454953     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvu085     Document Type: Article

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