Involvement of the FtsH (HflB) protease in the activity of σ54 promoters

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 261-270

  Carmona, Manuel ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032897503     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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