The reversed SoxS-binding site upstream of the ribA promoter in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 374-380

  Koh, Y S ^a   Chung, W H ^b   Lee, J H ^b   Roe, J H ^b  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; GTP cyclohydrolase II; ribA; RNA polymerase; SoxS binding

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAQUAT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033058359     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050978     Document Type: Article

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