The alarmone (p)ppGpp mediates physiological-responsive control at the σ54-dependent Po promoter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1217-1228

  Sze, Chun Chau ^a   Shingler, Victoria ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033039322     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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