DnaA protein stimulates polA gene expression in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1193-1202

  Quiñones, Ariel ^a   Wandt, Gudrun ^a,c   Kleinstäuber, Sabine ^a,d   Messer, Walter ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; INITIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA POLYMERASE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030999923     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2961658.x     Document Type: Article

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