The interaction of the Vibrio cholerae transcription factors, Fur and IrgB, with the overlapping promoters of two virulence genes, irgA and irgB

Gene

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Watnick, Paula I ^a   Butterton, Joan R ^a   Calderwood, Stephen B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA protein interactions; irgA; irgB; LysR; Vibrio cholerae; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FURA 2; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, OVERLAPPING; INTRONS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032536843     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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