Regulation of pelD and pelE, encoding major alkaline pectate lyases in Erwinia chrysanthemi: Involvement of the main transcriptional factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5948-5957

  Rouanet, Carine ^a   Nomura, Kinya ^b   Tsuyumu, Shinji ^b   Nasser, William ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE; PECTIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ERWINIA; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032871074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.5948-5957.1999     Document Type: Article

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