Escherichia coli RcsA, a positive activator of colanic acid capsular polysaccharide synthesis, functions to activate its own expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 577-584

  Ebel, Wolfgang ^a,b   Trempy, Janine E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DNA HELIX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032925895     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.577-584.1999     Document Type: Article

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