Ambidextrous transcriptional activation by SoxS: Requirement for the C-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit in a subset of Escherichia coli superoxide-inducible genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-317

  Jair, Kam Wing ^a   Fawcett, William P ^a   Fujita, Nobuyuki ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Wolf Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MALE PROTEIN, E COLI; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE TRANSPORT SYSTEM, E COLI; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; SOXS PROTEIN, E COLI; SUPEROXIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPEROXIDES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029671285     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.368893.x     Document Type: Article

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