Mechanism of ToxT-dependent transcriptional activation at the Vibrio cholerae tcpA promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5533-5544

  Hulbert, Robin R ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TOXT; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0036786854     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5533-5544.2002     Document Type: Article

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