Identification of the DNA binding sites of PerA, the transcriptional activator of the bfp and per operons in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2835-2847

  Ibarra, J Antonio ^a   Villalba, Miryam I ^a   Puente, José Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PERA; PROTEIN XYLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BFPA GENE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PERA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PERA;

EID: 0037406928     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.9.2835-2847.2003     Document Type: Article

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