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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2010

Functional rules for lac repressor-operator associations and implications for protein-DNA interactions.

Leslie Milk, Robert Daber, Mitchell Lewis

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leslie MilkDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6059, USA.
Robert Daber
Mitchell Lewis
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008275 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WAND, A. JOSHUA · 1988 to 2018
$6.0M
Structural Studies of Transcriptional RegulatorsR01GM044617 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEWIS, MITCHELL · 1990 to 2011
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM-44617NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Lac repressor has been used as a tool to understand protein-DNA recognition for many years. Recent experiments have demonstrated the ability of the Lac repressor to control gene expression in various eukaryotic systems, making the quest for an arsenal of protein-DNA binding partners desirable for potential therapeutic applications. Here, we present the results of the most exhaustive screen of Lac repressor-DNA binding partners to date, resulting in the elucidation of functional rules for Lac-DNA binding. Even within the confines of a single protein-DNA scaffold, modes of binding of different protein-DNA partners are sufficiently diverse so as to prevent elucidation of generalized rules for recognition for a single protein, much less an entire protein family.

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CodonDNAEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsLac RepressorsModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein EngineeringProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsRepressor ProteinsCodonDNAEscherichia coli ProteinsGalactose repressor proteinsLacI protein, E coliLac RepressorsRepressor Proteins

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PMID20512969
PMCPMC2895240
OpenAlexW2013334155

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