Surface signaling in transcriptional regulation of the ferric citrate transport system of Ischerichia coli: Mutational analysis of the alternative sigma factor FecI supports its essential role in fec transport gene transcription

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-465

  Ochs, Martina ^a   Angerer, Annemarie ^a   Enz, Sabine ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CITRATE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029976326     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02174034     Document Type: Article

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