PhoB-dependent transcriptional activation of the iciA gene during starvation for phosphate in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 448-452

  Han, J S ^a   Park, J Y ^a   Lee, Y S ^a   Thony B ^b   Hwang, D S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; iciA; PhoB; Phosphate regulon; Replication initiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GALAPTIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032696402     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051104     Document Type: Article

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