Effects of H-NS and potassium glutamate on σ(S)- and σ70-directed transcription in vitro from osmotically regulated P1 and P2 promoters of proU in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4176-4181

  Rajkumari, K ^a   Kusano, Shuichi ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Mizuno, Takeshi ^c   Gowrishankar, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029978679     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4176-4181.1996     Document Type: Article

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