Identification and characterization of AlgZ, an AlgT-dependent DNA-binding protein required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa algD transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-108

  Baynham, Patricia J ^a   Wozniak, Daniel J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGINATES; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029848445     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02659.x     Document Type: Article

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