Maximal transcriptional activation by the IHF protein of Escherichia coil depends on optimal dna bending by the activator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-441

  Engelhorn, Manuel ^a   Geiselmann, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CURVED DNA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031756354     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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