Identification of the bases in the ompF regulatory region, which interact with the transcription factor OmpR

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 615-628

  Huang, Ke Jung ^a   Igo, Michele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

OmpR; Osmoregulation; Phosphorylation; Signal transduction; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIMETHYL SULFATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0030580087     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0540     Document Type: Article

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