In vitro and in vivo characterization of three major dadAX promoters in Escherichia coli that are regulated by cyclic AMP-CRP and Lrp

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-447

  Zhi, J ^a   Mathew, E ^a,b   Freundlich, M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP CRP binding sites; dadAX promoters; Escherichia coli; Positive control

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; D-AMINO-ACID OXIDASE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031812783     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050754     Document Type: Article

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