PrfA mediates specific binding of RNA polymerase of Listeria monocytogenes to PrfA-dependent virulence gene promoters resulting in a transcriptionally active complex

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 487-497

  Böckmann, Regine ^a   Dickneite, Carmen ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a   Bohne, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROBE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034014254     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01868.x     Document Type: Article

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