The leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) acts as a specific repressor for σs-dependent transcription of the Escherichia coll aidB gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 947-955

  Landini, Paolo ^a   Hajec, Laurel I ^a   Nguyen, Lam H ^b   Burgess, Richard R ^b   Volkert, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029887171     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02536.x     Document Type: Article

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