IncC of broad-host-range plasmid RK2 modulates KorB transcriptional repressor activity in vivo and operator binding in vitro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2807-2815

  Jagura Burdzy, Grazyna ^a,b   Kostelidou, Kalliope ^a   Pole, Jessica ^a   Khare, Dheeraj ^a   Jones, Anthony ^a   Williams, D Ross ^a,c   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE; ISOPROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN INCC; PROTEIN KORB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032924788     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2807-2815.1999     Document Type: Article

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