Transcriptional control mediated by the ArcA two-component response regulator protein of Escherichia coli: Characterization of DNA binding at target promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6238-6249

  Lynch, A Simon ^a   Lin, Edmund C C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029858049     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6238-6249.1996     Document Type: Article

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