Conversion of the Vibrio fischeri transcriptional activator, LuxR, to a repressor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 805-811

  Egland, Kristi A ^a   Greenberg, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0033984062     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.805-811.2000     Document Type: Article

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