Alterations within the activation domain of the σ54-dependent activator DctD that prevent transcriptional activation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5812-5819

  Wang, Ying Kai ^a   Hoover, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030884925     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5812-5819.1997     Document Type: Article

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