Signal sensing by σ54-dependent regulators: Derepression as a control mechanism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-416

  Shingler, Victoria ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029670970     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.388920.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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