Regulation of the hydrogenase-4 operon of Escherichia coli by the σ54-dependent transcriptional activators FhlA and HyfR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6642-6653

  Skibinski, David A G ^a   Golby, Paul ^a   Chang, Yung Sheng ^a   Sargent, Frank ^a   Hoffman, Ralf ^a   Harper, R ^a   Guest, John R ^a   Attwood, Margaret M ^a   Berks, Ben C ^a   Andrews, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROGENASE 4; PROTEIN FHLA; PROTEIN FOCB; PROTEIN HYFR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMIC ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROGENASE; OPERON; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0036889035     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6642-6653.2002     Document Type: Article

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