Two different modes of transcription repression of the Escherichia coli acetate operon by IclR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Yamamoto, Kaneyoshi ^a,b   Ishihama, Akira ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETATES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037223124     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03287.x     Document Type: Article

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