Autoregulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa protein PtxS occurs through a specific operator site within the ptxS upstream region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4366-4371

  Swanson, Britta L ^a   Hamood, Abdul N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; PROTEIN PTXS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033911764     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4366-4371.2000     Document Type: Article

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