Promoter-specific repression of fimB expression by the Escherichia coli nucleoid-associated protein H-NS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6618-6625

  Donato, Gina M ^a   Lelivelt, Michael J ^a   Kawula, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030663865     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6618-6625.1997     Document Type: Article

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