The TorR high-affinity binding site plays a key role in both torR autoregulation and torCAD operon expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 961-966

  Ansaldi, Mireille ^a   Simon, Gwénola ^a,b   Lepelletier, Michèle ^a   Méjean, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033956361     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.961-966.2000     Document Type: Article

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