CRP interacts with promoter-bound σ54 RNA polymerase and blocks transcriptional activation of the dctA promoter

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 786-796

  Wang, Yi Ping ^a,b,c   Kolb, Annie ^a   Buck, Martin ^d   Wen, Jin ^b   O'Gara, Fergal ^c   Buc, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cAMP CRP repression; E 54 holoenzyme regulated promoters; Loop formation; Protein protein interactions; Regulation in E.coli

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032472917     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.3.786     Document Type: Article

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