PhoP~P and RNA polymerase σ(A) holoenzyme are sufficient for transcription of Pho regulon promoters in Bacillus subtilis: PhoP~P activator sites within the coding region stimulate transcription in vitro

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1187-1197

  Qi, Ying ^a   Hulett, F Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COENZYMES; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031746383     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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