Separate contributions of UhpA and CAP to activation of transcription of the uhpT promoter of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 973-986

  Olekhnovich, Igor N ^a   Dahl, John L ^a   Kadner, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAP; Gene expression; Response regulator; Transcriptional activation; UhpA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033536687     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3127     Document Type: Article

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