Regulation of gene expression in Vibrio cholerae by ToxT involves both antirepression and RNA polymerase stimulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-134

  Yu, Rosa R ^a,b   DiRita, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOXT; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0036195527     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02721.x     Document Type: Article

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