Repression of transcription initiation by Escherichia coli FNR protein: Repression by FNR can be simple

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-208

  Williams, Stephen M ^a   Wing, Helen J ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; FNR protein; Transcription repression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TARGET CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0032526674     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00175-X     Document Type: Article

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