Integration host factor amplifies the induction of the aceBAK operon of Escherichia coli by relieving IclR repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2715-2717

  Resnik, Ernesto ^a   Pan, Bin ^a   Ramani, Natarajan ^b   Freundlich, Martin ^b   LaPorte, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACETATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029978882     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2715-2717.1996     Document Type: Article

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