Cyclic AMP receptor protein positively controls gyrA transcription and alters DNA topology after nutritional upshift in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3331-3334

  Gomez Gomez, Jose Maria ^a   Baquero, Fernando ^a   Blazquez, Jesus ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GROWTH REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029891714     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3331-3334.1996     Document Type: Article

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