The upstream region of the nodD3 gene of Sinorhizobium meliloti carries enhancer sequences for the transcriptional activator NtrC

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 491-499

  Dusha, Ilona ^a,b   Austin, Sara ^b   Dixon, Ray ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nitrogen regulation; nodD3 gene; Nodulation; NtrC protein DNase I footprint

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032841713     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00450-4     Document Type: Article

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