The XyIS-dependent Pm promoter is transcribed in vivo by RNA polymerase with σ32 or σ38 depending on the growth phase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1105-1113

  Marqués, Silvia ^a,b   Manzanera, Maximino ^a   González Pérez, María Mar ^a   Gallegos, María Trinidad ^a,c   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK SIGMA FACTOR 32; HEAT-SHOCK SIGMA FACTOR 32; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; XYLS PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOATES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032586644     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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