Nature of DNA binding and RNA polymerase interaction of the Bordetella pertussis BvgA transcriptional activator at the fha promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1755-1763

  Boucher, Philip E ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Stibitz, Scott ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEMAGGLUTININ; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031053471     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1755-1763.1997     Document Type: Article

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