Surface signaling: Novel transcription initiation mechanism starting from the cell surface

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 325-331

  Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Ferric citrate transport system; Iron repression; Surface signaling; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CITRATE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0030925485     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050451     Document Type: Short Survey

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