H-NS protein represses transcription of the lux systems of Vibrio fischeri and other luminous bacteria cloned into Escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 336-342

  Ulitzur, Shimon ^a   Matin, Abdul ^b   Fraley, Cress ^c   Meighen, Edward ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; GYRASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOBACTERIUM LEIOGNATHI; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIUM LEIOGNATHI; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 0030732217     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900265     Document Type: Article

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