Transcriptional activation of promoters of the superoxide and multiple antibiotic resistance regulons by Rob, a binding protein of the Escherichia coli origin of chromosomal replication

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2507-2513

  Jair, Kam Wing ^a   Yu, Xin ^a   Skarstad, Kirsten ^b   Thöny, Beat ^c   Fujita, Nobuyuki ^d   Ishihama, Akira ^d   Wolf Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029863748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2507-2513.1996     Document Type: Article

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