The normally silent σ54 promoters upstream of the pilE genes of both Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are functional when transferred to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gene

Volumn 198, Issue 2 JAN, 1997, Pages 89-97

  Carrick, Catherine S ^a   Fyfe, Janet A M ^a   Davies, John K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

PilR; RpoN; Transcription start point; Upstream activator site

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PILE PROTEIN, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030613727     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00297-7     Document Type: Article

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