Role of the C-terminal domain of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase in LuxR-dependent transcriptional activation of the lux operon during quorum sensing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 4520-4528

  Finney, Angela H ^a   Blick, Robert J ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^a   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LUX PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LUCIFERASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0036338424     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.16.4520-4528.2002     Document Type: Article

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