Involvement of σ54 in exponential silencing of the Pseudomonas putida TOL plasmid Pu promoter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-17

  Cases, Ildefonso ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a   Pérez Martín, José ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

META XYLENE; 3 XYLENE; 3-XYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR, PSEUDOMONAS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XYLENE; XYLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; CELL DIVISION; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LAC OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; XYLENES;

EID: 0029659029     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.345873.x     Document Type: Article

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