GalR-mediated repression and activation of hybrid lacUV5 promoter: Differential contacts with RNA polymerase

Gene

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 235-245

  Ryu, Sangryeol ^a   Fujita, Nobuyuki ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Adhya, Sankar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTD; Activation; Differential contacts; Operator; Repressor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HYBRID GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032569960     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00237-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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