Activation of the Anabaena nir operon promoter requires both NtcA (CAP family) and NtcB (LysR family) transcription factors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 613-625

  Frias, J E ^a   Flores, E ^a   Herrero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033694693     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02156.x     Document Type: Article

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