The transcriptional activator CorR is involved in biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine and binds to the cmaABT promoter region in a temperature-dependent manner

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 250-260

  Wang, L ^a   Bender, C L ^b   Ullrich, M S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronatine synthesis; DNA binding; Response regulator; Temperature; Two component regulatory system

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT TOXIN; POLYKETIDE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INDENES; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032821683     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051081     Document Type: Article

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