GcvA-mediated activation of gcvT-lacZ expression involves the carboxy-terminal domain of the α subunit of RNA polymerase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-312

  Jourdan, Alissa D ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; gcv operon; GcvA; RNA polymerase carboxy terminal domain

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINOMETHYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYMETHYL AND FORMYL TRANSFERASES; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032734084     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00553-4     Document Type: Article

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