The PspA protein of Escherichia coli is a negative regulator of σ54- dependent transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 311-319

  Dworkin, Jonathan ^a,b   Jovanovic, Goran ^a,c   Model, Peter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PSPA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033986477     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.311-319.2000     Document Type: Article

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