FNR-dependent repression of ndh gene expression requires two upstream FNR-binding sites

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1521-1532

  Meng, Wenmao ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a   Guest, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; FNR; NADH dehydrogenase II; RNA polymerase; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030997843     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1521     Document Type: Article

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