Copper-inducible transcriptional regulation at two promoters in the Escherichia coli copper resistance determinant pco

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1191-1202

  Rouch, D A ^a   Brown, N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper resistance; Gene regulation; Homeostasis; Plasmid; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; COPPER; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030995871     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1191     Document Type: Article

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