Coactivation in vitro of the σ54-dependent promoter Pu of the TOL plasmid of Pseudomonas putida by HU and the mammalian HMG-1 protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2757-2760

  Pérez Martín, José ^a,b   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; HISTONE-LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR, PSEUDOMONAS; RPON PROTEIN, E COLI; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XYLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HMGB1 PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030612037     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2757-2760.1997     Document Type: Article

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