Design of CytR regulated, cAMP-CRP dependent class II promoters in Escherichia coli: RNA polymerase-promoter interactions modulate the efficiency of CytR repression

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 866-876

  Kristensen, Hans Henrik ^a   Valentin Hansen, Poul ^a   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Heterologous protein protein interactions; Promoter structure; Protein DNA interactions; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031567135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0852     Document Type: Article

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