Roles of cyclic AMP receptor protein and the carboxyl-terminal domain of the α subunit in transcription activation of the Escherichia coli rhaBAD operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3529-3535

  Holcroft, Carolyn C ^a   Egan, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; RHAMNOSE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHAMNOSE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034121913     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3529-3535.2000     Document Type: Article

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