Cooperative action of the catabolite activator protein and AraC in vitro at the araFGH promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1995-2000

  Johnson, Casonya M ^a,b   Schleif, Robert F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALLOSTERIC SITE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034098739     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1995-2000.2000     Document Type: Article

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