Upstream interactions at the lambda p(RM) promoter are sequence nonspecific and activate the promoter to a lesser extent than an introduced UP element of an rRNA promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6945-6951

  Tang, Yang ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Dehaseth, Pieter L ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029853258     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6945-6951.1996     Document Type: Article

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