Activation of the catBCA promoter: Probing the interaction of CatR and RNA polymerase through in vitro transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2221-2227

  Chugani, Sudha A ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^b   Hershberger, C Douglas ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko ^c   Ishihama, Akira ^c   Chakrabarty, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATABOLISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030898164     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2221-2227.1997     Document Type: Article

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