Activation and repression of transcription at the double tandem divergent promoters for the xylR and xylS genes of the TOL plasmid of Pseudomonas putida

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2889-2894

  Marqués, Silvia ^a   Gallegos, María Trinidad ^a   Manzanera, Maximino ^a   Holtel, Andreas ^b   Timmis, Kenneth N ^b   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032469908     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2889-2894.1998     Document Type: Article

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