Molecular biology of the LysR family of transcriptional regulators

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MA Schell
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE LysR FAMILY OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS Page 1
Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 1993. 47:597-{J26 Copyright © 1993 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights
reserved MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE LysR FAMILY OF TRAi'lSCRIPTIONAL
REGlTLATORS Mark A. Schell Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 30602 KEY WORDS: transcription activation, DNA binding, helix-turn-helix, protein
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Abstract
The LysR family is composed of> 50 similar-sized, autoregulatory transcrip tional regulators (LTTRs) that apparently evolved from a distant ancestor into subfamilies found in diverse prokaryotic genera. In response to different
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