Roles for GcvA-binding sites 3 and 2 and the Lrp-binding region in gcvT::lacZ expression in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2865-2872

  Stauffer, Lorraine T ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; GcvA; gcvT::lacZ; Glycine cleavage; Lrp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031733689     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2865     Document Type: Article

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