Regulation of transcription initiation at the Escherichia coli nir operon promoter: A new mechanism to account for co-dependence on two transcription factors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 493-505

  Wu, Hui Chung ^a   Tyson, Kerry L ^a,b   Cole, Jeffrey A ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NITRITE REDUCTASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031974456     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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