The VirR response regulator from Clostridium perfringens binds independently to two imperfect direct repeats located upstream of the pfoA promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-66

  Cheung, Jackie K ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COLLAGENASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE; SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033989674     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.57-66.2000     Document Type: Article

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