An AT-rich tract containing an integration host factor-binding domain and two UP-like elements enhances transcription from the pilEp1 promoter of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2152-2159

  Fyfe, Janet A M ^a   Davies, John K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031899254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2152-2159.1998     Document Type: Article

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