Dissection of the switch between genes for replication and transfer of promiscuous plasmid RK2: Basis of the dominance of trfAp over trbAp and specificity for KorA in controlling the switch

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 507-518

  Jagura Burdzy, Grazyna ^a,b   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Global regulator KorA; Plasmid RK2; Promoter competition; Replication; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOMERISM; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031556953     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0747     Document Type: Article

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